Although the Tokyo Olympics are set to kick off in less than a month, Google took a day to look back and honor record-setting Olympian Tommy Kono on what would have been his 91st birthday.

Tamio “Tommy” Kono — who was born on June 27, 1930, in Sacramento, Calif., but would later call Aiea home — overcame childhood asthma and time in an internment camp to become the man considered by many as the world’s greatest weightlifter, ever.

Not only did he collect three medals (2 golds and a silver) over three Olympics, he set 26 world records across four weight classes and won the Mr. Universe title four times in between Olympics.

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He retired from competitive weightlifting following a knee injury in 1964 that prevented him from qualifying for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo that year. However, he went on to become the head coach of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

In his later years, Kono worked for the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation and served as a vice president of the Honolulu Marathon and as a board member of the Honolulu Quarterback Club.

Kono died on April 24, 2016, after a long illness.

In the June 27 Google Doodle, Kono is depicted performing a clean and jerk, a two-movement weightlifting exercise where the weight is raised fully above the lifter’s head after an initial lift to shoulder level.

Previous Google Doodles celebrating historical figures from Hawaii include Israel Kamakawiwoʻole’s 61st birthday on May, 20, 2020, Eddie Aikau’s 73rd birthday on May 4, 2019, and Duke Kahanamoku’s 125th birthday on Aug. 24, 2015.

The first Google Doodle was created in 1998 when company founders Larry Page and Sergei Brin tinkered with the Google logo, putting a stick figure drawing behind the second “o” to indicate they were away from the office to attend the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert.