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Tommy Kono He was born in the same city, Sacramento, and was on the same block 27 in concentration camp in Tule Lake during WWII, but he turned out to be a total snob. When I tried to contact him in Hawaii, he said he had no interest in talking to me, and hung up. Biography: Tommy Kono
American weightlifter
DescriptionTamio "Tommy" Kono was an American weightlifter in the 1950s and 1960s. Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight, middleweight, light-heavyweight, and middle-heavyweight. Wikipedia
Born: June 27, 1930, Sacramento, CA
Died: April 24, 2016, Honolulu, HI
Height: 5′ 6″
Retired: 1964
Olympic medals: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's Lightweight 60-67.5 kg, MORE
Education: Sacramento City College, Sacramento Charter High School
