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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: CORYN RIVERA

1/ @CorynRivera has won 72 national titles in competitive cycling, her latest in the 2018 U.S. Pro Road Race National Championships. Rivera joined pro cycling ranks at just 16.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: LOGAN TOM

A 4x Olympian, Logan Maile Lei Tom was, at 19, the youngest woman ever selected to the U.S. Olympic volleyball team for the 2000 Sydney Games. From 2000-12, Tom helped Team USA win Olympic silver twice.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: KEVIN WONG

At a towering 6-7, Wong was a 3x All-American @UCLAMVB. His teams won NCAA titles in 1993 & '95. After UCLA, Wong took on beach volleyball, and w/ Rob Heidger, finished 5th at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: DUKE KAHANAMOKU

1/ The original "Big Kahuna," Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku is the father of modern surfing, popularizing the Hawaiian sport worldwide, and a 5x Olympic medalist in swimming.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: MIKI GORMAN

The only woman ever to win both the Boston and New York City marathons twice, Gorman is also the first of only two woman runners to win both marathons in the same year (pic via @nycmarathon).

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: DAT NGUYEN

The list wouldn't be complete without our namesake, Dat Nguyen, who played 7 seasons for the Dallas Cowboys. He is the 1st Vietnamese American to be drafted, play, and make All-Pro in the NFL.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: MARK CHUNG

Born of Hakka Chinese and Jamaican ancestry, Chung played 10 seasons in Major League Soccer (1996-2005). He was the 1st Asian American ever to play on the US Men's National Team w/ 24 caps and 2 goals.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: EDDIE AIKAU

A Hawaiian legend. Eddie was the first official lifeguard at Waimea Bay and saved 500+ lives. He was famous for big wave surfing, winning several awards incl. the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: WALTER "SNEEZE" ACHIU

Achiu was the first person of Asian descent to play in the National Football League, with the now defunct Dayton Triangles in 1927 and 1928, as a running back and defensive back.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: HAROLD SAKATA

In 1948, Sakata won Olympic silver for the U.S. in weightlifting. He would then become more widely known first as Tosh Togo in pro wrestling, and then as Oddjob in the James Bond movie, Goldfinger.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: MOHINI BHARDWAJ

Silver medalist & captain of the U.S. women's gymnastics team in the '04 Summer Olympics, Bhardwaj is the 1st Indian-American gymnast (and 2nd in any sport) to medal at the Olympics for Team USA.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: JULIE CHU

Chu is the first Asian American woman to play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, a 4x Olympian (2002, '06, '00, '14), and tied as the 2nd-most decorated U.S. woman in Winter Games history.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: RON DARLING

Thirteen years in the Majors, 136–116 record, 13 shutouts, 1590 Ks, 3.87 ERA, and a 1985 All-Star nod. But Darling is perhaps best known for a notorious Championship run with the '86 New York Mets.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: JEANETTE LEE

Considered by many to be the 🐐 of women's billiards, the "Black Widow" is the most recognizable contemporary pool player in the world. She revolutionized the women's game.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: ROMAN GABRIEL

In 1962, Gabriel was the 1st player of Filipino descent to play in the National Football League. He was the 1st non-white player ever to start at quarterback and earned MVP honors in 1969.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: AMY CHOW

A member of the Magnificent Seven, which won USA's first team gold medal in Olympic gymnastics in 1996, Chow is the first Asian American woman to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: KRISTI YAMAGUCHI

The first and only Asian American ever to earn an Olympic gold medal in figure skating, Yamaguchi won the singles competition in the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: TIFFANY CHIN

In 1985, Chin became the 1st Asian American U.S. figure skating national champion. She was a role model for a generation of APA skaters to come incl. Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: WALLY YONAMINE

Hawaiian-born Wally Kaname Yonamine was a two-sport star who was the first Japanese American to play in the NFL; and later became a pioneer and Hall of Fame baseball player in Japan.

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31 APA Athletes in 31 Days: EVELYN KAWAMOTO

Hawaiian native, Evelyn Kawamoto-Konno, won two bronze medals for the U.S. in the 400m freestyle and the 4x100m freestyle relay respectively at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.

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