 He remains tied with Tom Jager and Brian Alden for the second most individual high school state championships won by a male in Illinois.Gora won a gold medal in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay event at the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, alongside Dick Cleveland, Burwell Jones and Bill Heusner.Individually, he also received a Pan American Games silver medal for his second-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle.