Aquatic sports are a major part of Hawaiian culture, so how come no Hawaiians made our Olympic swim team?

Question

Aquatic sports are a major part of Hawaiian culture, so how come no Hawaiians made our Olympic swim team?

Answer 1

Small population in Hawaii, so it's tough to compete mathematically with the rest of the nation. Economics also may factor in to the situation; swimming traditionally has been a "country club" sport (like tennis), where the well-off have better access to facilities.

Answer 2

probably beacause most swimming olympians train in baltimore like phelps and felicia lee and katie hoff and maryland is all the way across the country so getting good training is a sacrifice unless you are totally willing to move. hawaii also has a really small population compared with the rest of the country so.... yeah it's hard to compare to big swimming states like new york, california, texas, georgia etc.

Answer 3

Just because they are surrounded by water doesn't mean they have the indoor facilities needed in the training of aquatic sports.

Answer 4

That is very interesting:

Im guessing that they probably didnt try out or they didnt want to compete

Answer 5

there are wayyyyyy too many fast texas, michigan, california, arizona, georgia, and florida swimmers. hawaii simply can not compete with such talent.