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Susan Rapp
Susan Rapp, later Susan von der Lippe, is an American breaststroke swimmer who won gold and silver medals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Susanne Börnike
Susanne Börnike (born 1968, Brandenburg an der Havel), East German breaststroke swimmer; ninth in the 200 m breaststroke at Seoul 1988, 1989 European champion, short-course 200 m breaststroke world record holder 2:22.92, and a victim of the GDR state doping program.
Susanne Nielsson
Susanne Nielsson, born 1960 in Aarhus, is a Danish breaststroke swimmer who won bronze in the 100 m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the 1978 World Championships.
Svetlana Babanina
Svetlana Babanina (Светлана Викторовна Бабанина), Soviet breaststroke swimmer born 1943 in Tambov, swam for Spartak Tashkent; two Tokyo 1964 bronzes and two 100 m breaststroke world records (1:17.2, 1:16.5).
Svetlana Varganova
Svetlana Anatolyevna Varganova (Светлана Анатольевна Варганова), Soviet breaststroke swimmer born 1964 in Leningrad: 1980 Olympic silver in the 200 m breaststroke, 1982 world champion, former 200 m breaststroke world record holder (2:31.09, 1979), later arrested in India in 2023.
Sylvia Gerasch
Sylvia Gerasch, born 1969 in Cottbus, East German and German breaststroke swimmer; 1986 world champion 100 m breaststroke (WR 1:08.11) and medley relay; banned 1993-96 for caffeine doping; swam at Sydney 2000.
Tanya Bogomilova Dangalakova
Tanya Bogomilova Dangalakova (Таня Богомилова-Дангалакова), Bulgarian breaststroke swimmer born 1964 in Sofia; won 100 m breaststroke gold at Seoul 1988 in 1:07.95, first Bulgarian Olympic swimming champion.
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk, American breaststroke swimmer born 1982 in Bremerton, Washington; 2004 Athens Olympic silver medalist in the 4x100 medley relay, short-course 100 breaststroke world record holder (1:04.79), 11-time NCAA champion at Stanford, later Johns Hopkins health security scholar.
Tarnee White
Tarnee White (Tarnee Renee White-Southwell), Australian breaststroke swimmer born 1981 in Redcliffe, Queensland; Olympic silver 2000 and gold 2008 in the 4x100 m medley relay as a heat swimmer.
Tatjana Schoenmaker
Tatjana Schoenmaker, since her 2023 marriage competing as Tatjana Smith, is a South African breaststroke swimmer born in 1997 who won Olympic gold medals at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Tera van Beilen
Tera van Beilen (Tera Colleen van Beilen), Canadian breaststroke swimmer born 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario; triple medallist at the 2010 Youth Olympics, 2012 London Olympian, UBC Thunderbird, retired 2016.
Terry Gathercole
Terry Gathercole (Terence Steven Gathercole, 1935-2001), Australian breaststroke swimmer, coach, and administrator; 1960 Olympic medley relay silver, 200 m breaststroke world record 1958-1961, ISHOF 1985.
Tetsuo Hamuro
Tetsuo Hamuro (葉室鉄夫), 1917–2005, Japanese breaststroke swimmer; won 1936 Berlin Olympic 200 m breaststroke gold in 2:41.5, set 100 m and 200 m world records, and retired unbeaten at 200 m in 1940.
Tom Bruce
Tom Bruce (Thomas Edwin Bruce, 1952-2020), American swimmer, UCLA and Santa Clara SC; 1972 Munich Olympic gold in 4x100 m medley relay (world record 3:48.16) and silver in 100 m breaststroke; distinct from the New Zealand-Scotland cricketer and the rugby league player of the same name.
Ursula Happe
Ursula Happe (Ursula Krey), German breaststroke swimmer (1926–2021); 1956 Melbourne Olympic 200 m breaststroke champion in 2:53.1, Germany's first postwar Olympic swimming gold medalist.
Ursula Küper
Ursula Küper (Stille), born 28 November 1937 in Berlin, East German breaststroke swimmer for SC Dynamo Berlin; 1960 Olympic bronze in the 4x100 m medley relay and 100 m breaststroke world record 1:19.0.
Ute Geweniger
Ute Geweniger (born 1964, Chemnitz), East German breaststroke swimmer; 1980 Olympic double gold medalist (100 m breaststroke, medley relay), multiple world record holder, later confirmed GDR doping.
Valborg Christensen
Valborg Marie Christensen (-Møller), known as Val Moller in Canada, Danish breaststroke swimmer; 10th in the 1936 Olympic 200 m breaststroke, 100 m breaststroke world record 1:22.8 (1936), later 1990 World Masters Games gold medalist.
Vasily Ivanov
Vasil Ivanov most often refers to Vasily Ivanov (Василий Иванов), Russian breaststroke swimmer born 1972 in Kuybyshev, 1992 Olympic relay silver medalist for the Unified Team and 24-time World Aquatics medalist; also a Bulgarian ski jumper and tennis player.
Victor Davis
Victor Davis was a Canadian breaststroke swimmer from Guelph, Ontario, who won 200-meter breaststroke gold in world record time at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Vitezslav Svozil
Vitezslav Svozil (Vítězslav Svozil), Czech breaststroke swimmer born 1933 in Olomouc; set the 100 m breaststroke world record 1:12.7 in 1957, swam at Rome 1960, and won five Masters world titles.
Vladimir Kosinsky
Vladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky (Владимир Иванович Косинский), Soviet breaststroke swimmer, 1968 Olympic double silver and relay bronze medalist, world record holder in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, three-time Olympian.
Vladimir Minashkin
Vladimir Minashkin (Владимир Минашкин) was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who set several world records in the 100 m breaststroke and won 1958 European relay gold.
Walter Bathe
Walter Bathe (Walter•Bathe), German breaststroke swimmer (1892-1959) who won double gold in the 200 m and 400 m breaststroke at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and held the 100 m breaststroke world record 1910-1914.
Walter Kusch
Walter Kusch (born 1954, Hildesheim), West German breaststroke swimmer; 1978 world champion 100 m breaststroke, 1976 Olympic medley relay bronze, 1974 European medley relay champion, later masters record holder.
Walter Spence
Walter Percy Spence (1901-1958), Guyanese-born swimmer who competed for Canada at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, won 1928 relay bronze, set the 100 m breaststroke world record in 1927, and won three straight NCAA 100 free titles.
Willy Lützow
Willy Lützow (Wilhelm Bernhard Adolf Emil Lützow), German breaststroke swimmer, born 1892; 1912 Olympic silver in the 200 m breaststroke, 100 m breaststroke world record 1:16.8 in 1914; missing in action 1915 at Tahure, France.
Wiltrud Urselmann
Wiltrud Urselmann (Urselmann-Haverkamp), German breaststroke swimmer born 1942 in Krefeld; 1960 Olympic silver in 200 m breaststroke, 1960 world records at 100 m and 200 m, 1957 German Sportswoman of the Year.
Yan Zibei
Yan Zibei (闫子贝), Chinese breaststroke swimmer born 1995 in Xiangyang, Hubei; Tokyo 2020 mixed medley relay silver medalist, 2020 world record holder in that event, and 2018 Asian Games double relay gold medalist.
Yelena Volkova
Yelena Volkova (Волкова Елена) names several Soviet and Russian athletes, chiefly a breaststroke swimmer born 1968, 1991 world champion, and a volleyball player born 1960, 1988 Olympic champion.