Tommy Kono, arguably the greatest weightlifter in U.S. history, died Sunday at age 85 due to complications from liver disease, according to NBC’s affiliate in Hawaii.
Kono won Olympic gold in 1952 and 1956, silver in 1960 and six straight World titles from 1953 to 1959.
He set 26 world records across four weight classes and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and the International Weightlifting Hall of Fame.
“For some reason, Hawaii thinks of people as their own people, like a family or something like that, and this is why here in Hawaii I feel completely at home,” Kono said in 2012, according to TeamUSA.