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Also Known As Tamio Kono
Born June 27, 1930 • Sacramento • California
Died April 24, 2016 (aged 85) • Honolulu • Hawaii
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Tommy Kono on his way to winning the silver medal in the middleweight weightlifting competition at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
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Tommy Kono at the Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games
American weight lifter Tommy Kono performing the winning clean and jerk lift to become the World Middleweight Champion at the 1959 World Weightlifting Championships in Warsaw.
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