O'Sullivan at the 1968 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Full name | Rachel Kealaonapua O'Sullivan | |||||||||||
Born | November 3, 1950 (1950-11-03) (age 74) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. | |||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Diving | |||||||||||
Club | Punahou Swim Club | |||||||||||
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Rachel Kealaonapua "Keala" O'Sullivan (later Watson, born November 3, 1950) is an American former diver. In 1965, she won the U.S. Junior AAU one-meter board diving championships. She represented the United States at the 1968 Olympics, where she earned a bronze medal in three-meter springboard; this made her the first Hawaiian athlete to medal in diving. She is of European, Native Hawaiian and Tahitian descent.
O'Sullivan retired after failing to qualify for the 1972 Olympics. She then returned to Hawaii, where she coached divers at ʻIolani School. In 1999, she was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame.
References
- Rachel Kealaonapua O'Sullivan. "O'Sullivan, Rachel Kealaonapua | Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame". Hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- "Community Works to Fill Misplaced Pages's Asian-American, Pacific Islander Gaps". Nbcnews.com. May 8, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- Honolulu Star-Advertiser (January 19, 2011). "HARRIET HANNAH MAKIA AWANA O'SULLIVAN". Honolulu Star-Advertiser Obituaries.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keala O'Sullivan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- "Inductees by Class Year | Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame". Hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
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