Sonny Tanabe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetSonny Tanabe
American swimmer, Olympic athlete
Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1932
Place of Birth: Hilo, Hawaii, United States
Profession: swimmer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Sonny Tanabe
- Richard Tsugio Tanabe, Jr.
- (born December 14, 1932) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.
- He swam for the silver medal-winning U.S.
- team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
- Tanabe was not eligible to receive a medal under the 1956 Olympic swimming rules, however, because he did not swim in the relay final. Following the Olympics, Tanabe enlisted in the United States Army.
- He then worked as a teacher, and high school swimming coach.
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