Sonny Tanabe
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Tsugio Tanabe Jr. |
Nickname | "Sonny" |
| National team | United States |
| Born | December 14, 1934 Hilo, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, Medley |
| Club | Hilo Aquatic Club |
| College team | Indiana University 1958 |
| Coach | Charles "Sparky" Kawamoto (Hilo Aquatics) Robert A. Royer James Counsilman (Indiana) |
Richard Tsugio Tanabe Jr. (born December 14, 1934), is a former American competition swimmer, teacher, and swim coach, who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. A native Hawaiian, he taught and coached at the Kamehameha Schools outside Honolulu for over thirty years.