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Abbey Weitzeil
Abbigail "Abbey" Weitzeil, American freestyle sprint swimmer, three-time Olympian (2016, 2020, 2024) with six Olympic medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), Cal Berkeley alumna, and 50-yard freestyle American record holder.
Ada den Haan
Ada den Haan was a Dutch breaststroke swimmer who set multiple 200 m breaststroke world records as a teenager and competed at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Ada Kok
Ada Kok (Aagje Kok, born 1947), Dutch butterfly swimmer; 1964 Olympic silver in 100 m butterfly and medley relay, 1968 gold in 200 m butterfly; multiple world records; ISHOF honoree.
Adam Peaty
Adam Peaty (Adam Ramsay-Peaty), born 1994, British breaststroke swimmer; Olympic 100m breaststroke champion 2016 and 2021, world record holder at 56.88 (100m) and 25.95 (50m), eight-time world champion.
Adam Pine
Adam Robert Pine (born 1976, Lismore, NSW), Australian butterfly and freestyle sprint swimmer; three Olympics (2000, 2004, 2008), Olympic gold and two silvers as a heats relay swimmer; later Swimming Australia sports administrator.
Adelaide Lambert
Adelaide Temperance Lambert (1907-1996), American swimmer of the Women's Swimming Association of New York; 1928 Olympic gold medalist and world record lead-off swimmer in the women's 4x100 m freestyle relay, and seven-time AAU champion.
Adolph Kiefer
Adolph Kiefer was an American backstroke swimmer who won gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and became the first person to swim 100 yards backstroke in under a minute.
Adrian Moorhouse
Adrian Moorhouse MBE (born 1964, Bradford) is an English swimmer, 1988 Seoul Olympic 100m breaststroke champion (1:02.04) and 1989 world record holder (1:01.49), first man under a minute in short course.
Adrian Radley
Adrian Radley, Australian backstroke swimmer; world-record 4x100m medley relay (3:30.66, 1997 short-course worlds, Gothenburg) and 1998 Commonwealth Games 200m backstroke silver; later KPMG Perth partner.
Adrie Lasterie
Adrie Lasterie (Aartje Elisabeth Lasterie, 1943-1991), Dutch swimmer for ZV Naarden; triple gold medalist at the 1962 Leipzig European Championships and 1964 Olympic medley relay silver medalist.
Agnes Geraghty
Agnes Geraghty (Agnes McAndrews), American breaststroke swimmer of the Women's Swimming Association, New York; 1924 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m breaststroke (3:34.0) behind Lucy Morton, 1928 Olympian, and world breaststroke record holder.
Agnes Kovacs
Ágnes Kovács (Kovács Ágnes), Hungarian breaststroke swimmer born 1981: 2000 Sydney Olympic champion in the 200 m breaststroke, 1996 bronze medalist, two-time world champion, seven-time European champion, retired 2008.
Ahmed Akram
Ahmed Akram (Ahmed AKARAM, أحمد أكرم), Egyptian swimmer born 1996 in Cairo; Youth Olympic 800 m freestyle gold 2014 and fourth in the 1,500 m freestyle at the 2015 World Championships.
Ajna Kesely
Ajna Kesely (Késely Ajna), Hungarian freestyle swimmer born 2001 in Budapest; three-time Olympian, 2018 Youth Olympic triple gold medalist, 2024 European champion in 400 and 800 m freestyle, Hungarian record holder.
Akihiro Yamaguchi
Akihiro Yamaguchi (山口観弘), born 1994, Japanese breaststroke swimmer; set the 200m breaststroke world record of 2:07.01 in September 2012 at age 18, breaking Daniel Gyurta's Olympic mark, and held it over four years without ever reaching an Olympics.
Alain Bernard
Alain Bernard (born 1983, Aubagne) is a French freestyle sprint swimmer, double Olympic champion: 100 m freestyle gold at Beijing 2008 and 4x100 m relay gold at London 2012; multiple 100 m and 50 m world record holder.
Alain Mosconi
Alain Mosconi (born 1949, Puteaux), French freestyle swimmer for CN Marseille; 1968 Olympic 400 m freestyle bronze medalist; 1967 world record holder in 400 m (4:09.2) and 800 m freestyle (8:46.8); three Olympian, 52 French titles.
Alajos Kenyery
Alajos Kenyery (Kenyéry Alajos, later Kronberg), Hungarian freestyle swimmer, 1912 Stockholm Olympian who set the 400 m freestyle world record of 5:29.0 in April 1912; distinct from water polo player Alajos Keserű.
Alan Ford
Alan Robert Ford (1923–2008), American swimmer from the Panama Canal Zone and Yale; broke Johnny Weissmuller's 100-yard freestyle record, first under 50 seconds, and took 100 m freestyle silver at the 1948 London Olympics.
Alan Somers
Alan Somers (Alan Brounell Somers, born 1941, Indianapolis) is an American distance swimmer: 1959 Pan Am 1500 m freestyle gold medalist, 1960 Rome Olympian (400 m 5th, 1500 m 7th), 4x200 freestyle relay world record holder (8:17.0), later a neurologist.
Albert Vandeweghe
Albert Joseph "Al" Vande Weghe (1916-2002), American backstroke swimmer, won 1936 Olympic silver in the 100 m backstroke, set six world records, first under one minute for 100 yards, introduced the backstroke flip turn.
Alberto Zorrilla
Alberto Zorrilla (Victoriano Alberto Zorrilla, 1906-1986), Argentine swimmer nicknamed Zorilla de Oro; won 400 m freestyle gold at Amsterdam 1928 in 5:01.60 OR, first South American Olympic swimming champion and Argentina's only swimming gold medalist.
Albina Osipowich
Albina Osipowich (Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich-Van Aken, 1911-1964), American freestyle swimmer of Lithuanian descent; double gold medalist at Amsterdam 1928 in the 100 m freestyle (1:11.0 world record) and 4x100 m freestyle relay (4:47.6).
Aldo Eminente
Aldo Eminente (1931-2021), French freestyle swimmer of the Racing Club de France; Olympic bronze in the 4x200 m relay at Helsinki 1952, world record 4x100 m medley relay 1953, six straight French 100 m freestyle titles 1953-1958.
Aleksandr Popkov
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Popkov (Александр Евгеньевич Попков), Russian swimmer born 1994 in St. Petersburg; 2016 Olympian, six-time short-course world relay champion, and short-course 4x50 medley relay world record holder (1:30.44, 2017-2021).
Aleksandr Popov (Александр Владимирович Попов) (swimmer)
Aleksandr Popov (Александр Владимирович Попов), born 1971, Russian sprint freestyle swimmer, the "Russian Rocket"; won 50 m and 100 m freestyle at both 1992 and 1996 Olympics, four golds and five silvers, world records 48.21 and 21.64.
Aleksandr Sadovnikov
Aleksandr Sadovnikov (Александр Садовников), born 1996 in Volgograd, Russian butterfly swimmer; 2014 Youth Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay and 2016 Rio Olympian.
Aleksandr Sidorenko
Aleksandr Sidorenko (Олександр Сидоренко, Oleksandr Sydorenko), 1960–2022, Soviet/Ukrainian swimmer; 1980 Olympic 400 m individual medley gold in 4:22.89, 1978 200 m IM world record, 1982 world and 1981 European champion. Not the Belarusian wrestler or other namesakes.
Aleksandr Sukhorukov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Sukhorukov (Александр Николаевич Сухоруков, born 1988) is a Russian freestyle swimmer, 2008 Olympic 4x200 m relay silver medalist and short-course world record holder, husband of Margarita Mamun.
Aleksey Kudryavtsev
Aleksey Kudryavtsev (Алексей Валентинович Кудрявцев, born 1972, Moscow) is a Russian swimmer, 400 m freestyle specialist, who won 1992 Olympic gold in the 4x200 m relay for the Unified Team; father of gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva.