Albert Tangora

Albert Tangora (July 2, 1903 – April 7, 1978) was an American competitive typist who was widely regarded as having the fastest typing speed on a typewriter.

[7] After retiring, Tangora began competing again in subsequent typing competitions sponsored by the International Commercial Schools Association.

[16] Tangora began competing in typewriter speed typing contests in the "Novice" (15-minute) division, when during the New England Business Show held at Mechanics Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, Tangora won the Eastern States typewriting contest held on April 9, 1917,[17] for having a 15-minute typing speed of 91 words per minute (WPM).

[18] On October 15, 1917, he went on to win the Novice division for the World's Championship Typewriting Contest in New York City with a 15-minute typing speed of 110 WPM.

[27] He additionally began competing in the "Professional" (60-minute) division by entering the World Typewriting Championship held at Grand Central Palace on October 25, 1920,[28] placing fourth with a 60-minute typing speed of 124 WPM.

[29] Tangora worked for the Underwood Typewriter Company in its education department, spending the first half of 1921 touring throughout the south and west United States.

[30] Tangora competed in the next World Typewriting Championship held in New York City on October 17, 1921, where he placed third with a typing speed of 132 WPM.

[36] After temporarily retiring, he began competing again in subsequent typing competitions sponsored by the International Commercial Schools Association.

[14] He is the subject of the film Albert Tangora in Action, in which he demonstrates typing techniques including proper posture, arm positioning, and warmups.

Tangora in c. 1922
Tangora demonstrating his typing in 1938