For a small club located 2,500 miles from the nearest land mass, the Outrigger Canoe Club has produced more elite athletes than would be expected. Club athletes have excelled in local, state, national and international competitions. The best of these athletes have gone on to represent the Club, Hawaii and the USA in the Olympic Games.
They have earned medals in both water and land sports including swimming, diving, water polo, canoe and kayak, and sailing, as well as volleyball and beach volleyball, weight lifting, foil, and shooting.
Others have coached U.S. Olympic teams.
Outrigger members have earned 37 Olympic medals (18 Gold, 13 Silver and 6 Bronze), more medals than many countries. The medals earned by these athletes is a testament to the talent and hard-work of these men and women, and the coaches who trained and believed in them. Outrigger is proud of these fine competitors many of whom still call the Outrigger Canoe Club home.
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku
1912
Gold Medal, Swimming, 100-Meter Freestyle
Silver Medal, Swimming, 4 x 200-Meter Freestyle
1920
Gold Medal, Swimming, 100-Meter Freestyle
Gold Medal, Swimming, 4 x 200-Meter Freestyle Relay
1924
Silver, Swimming, 100-Meter Freestyle
1932
3rd Place, Water Polo (Alternate)
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John Kirby Alstrom
1968
7th Place, Men’s Volleyball
John Beaumont Jr.
1956
9th Place, Men’s Rapid-Fire Pistol 25m
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Lindsey Napela Berg
2004
5th Place, Women’s Volleyball
2008
Silver Medal, Women’s Volleyball
2012
Silver Medal, Women’s Volleyball
Frank Ewen Booth
1932
Silver Medal, Swimming, 800-Meter Relay
George “Dad” Center
1920
Coach, U.S. Swimming Team
Micah Christenson
2016
Bronze Medal, Men’s Volleyball
Richard Fitch “Dick” Cleveland
1952
Swimming, 100-meter Freestyle (Competed but did not qualify for the event final)
Tony Crabb
1984
Assistant Coach, Men’s Volleyball Team, Gold Medal
Clarence Linden “Buster” Crabbe II
1928
Bronze Medal, 1500-Meter Freestyle
4th Place, 400-Meter Freestyle
1932
5th Place, 1500-Meter Freestyle
Gold Medal, 400-Meter Freestyle
William Norval Craig
1964
Gold Medal, 400 Medley Relay (WR)
Christopher David Duplanty
1988
Silver Medal, Water Polo
1992
4th Place, Water Polo
1996
7th Place, Water Polo
2000
Assistant Coach, Women’s Water Polo Team
Peter T. George
1948
Silver Medal, Weight Lifting, Middleweight
1952
Gold Medal, Weight Lifting, Middleweight
1956
Silver Medal, Weight Lifting, Middleweight
Marjorie Gestring (Bowman)
1936
Gold Medal, Women’s Fancy Diving
Thomas Allen Haine
1968
7th Place, Men’s Volleyball (Team Captain)
William White “Wild Bill” Harris Jr.
1920
Bronze Medal, 100-Meter Freestyle
Jim Iams
1988
7th Place, Assistant Coach, Women’s Volleyball Team
1992
Bronze Medal, Consultant (Assistant Coach), Women’s Volleyball Team
1996
7th Place, Consultant (Assistant Coach), Women’s Volleyball Team
Wyatt Randall Jones
1992
Canoe, Canadian Doubles, 1000-Meters (Competed but did not qualify for the event final)
Pua Kele Kealoha
1920
Silver Medal, Swimming, 100-Meter Freestyle
Gold Medal, Swimming, 4 x 200-Meter Freestyle Relay, WR, OR
Michael Allen Lambert
1996
9th Place (tied), Men’s Volleyball
2000
11th Place (tied), Men’s Volleyball
John Lowell
1968
7th Place, Assistant Coach, Men’s Volleyball
Barbara Briggs “Miki” McFadden
1968
8th Place, Women’s Volleyball
David Rockwell McFaull
1976
Silver Medal, Sailing, Mixed Multihull
Stein Metzger
2004
5th Place (tie), Men’s Beach Volleyball
Helen Olney Moses (Cassidy)
1920
Swimming (Alternate)
Dodge Parker
1972
Men’s Volleyball (Named to U.S. team but team did not qualify for Olympic Games)
Tracy Elizabeth Phillips
1988
6th Place, Kayak, K1 500-Meters
Kayak, 9th Place, K4 500-Meters
1992
Kayak, K2 500-Meters (Competed but did not qualify for event finals)
Kayak K4 500-Meters (Competed but did not qualify for event finals)
1996
Kayak, K1 500-Meters (Competed but did not qualify for event finals)
Aileen Muriel Riggin (Soule)
1920
Gold Medal, Fancy Springboard Diving
5th Place, Plain Highboard Diving
1924
Bronze Medal, 100-Meter Backstroke
Silver Medal, Fancy Springboard Diving
Tom Selleck
1984
Honorary Captain, Men’s Volleyball, Gold Medal
1988
Honorary Captain, Men’s Volleyball, Gold Medal
1992
Honorary Captain, Men’s Volleyball, Bronze Medal
1996
Honorary Captain, Men’s Volleyball, 9th Place
Erik Shoji
2016
Bronze Medal, Men’s Volleyball
Kawika Shoji
2016
Bronze Medal, Men’s Volleyball
William M. Smith
1948
Gold Medal, 400-Meter Freestyle
Gold Medal, 4 x 200-Meter Relay
Allen McIntyre Stack
1948
Gold Medal, 100-Meter Backstroke
1952
4th Place, 100-Meter Backstroke
Clayton Iona Stanley
2004
4th Place, Men’s Volleyball
2008
Gold Medal, Men’s Volleyball
2012
5th Place, Men’s Volleyball
Jon C. Stanley
1968
7th Place, Men’s Volleyball
1972
Men’s Volleyball (Named to U.S. team but team did not qualify for Olympic Games)
Hanna Thompson Word
2008
Silver Medal, Women’s Foil Team
Pedro “Pete” Velasco Jr.
1964
9th Place, Men’s Volleyball (Team Captain)
1968
7th Place, Men’s Volleyball
Lillian D. “Pokey” Watson (Richardson)
1964
Gold Medal, 4 x 100-Meter Relay
1968
Gold Medal, 200-meter Backstroke
Mariechen Wehselau (Jackson)
1924
Silver Medal, 100-Meter Freestyle
Gold Medal, 4 x 100-Meter Relay
Frank E. Walton
1948
11th Place, Water Polo
John M. “Jack” Watt
1920
Athletics, 100-Meter Hurdles (Competed but did not qualify for event finals)
Athletics, 400-Meter Hurdles (Competed but did not qualify for event finals)
Kevin Kahn Wong
2000
5th Place (tie), Men’s Beach Volleyball