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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.
Brian Wilkinson
Brian Harold Wilkinson (1938–2026), Australian swimmer and coach from Muswellbrook, NSW; seventh in the 1956 Olympic 200 m butterfly final, 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games gold and bronze medallist, 110-yard butterfly world record holder.
Felicity Galvez
Felicity Galvez (Felicity Madeline Galvez, later Lemke), Australian swimmer born 1985 in Melbourne, butterfly and relay specialist; double Olympic gold medalist at Beijing 2008 and short-course world record holder in the 50 m and 100 m butterfly.
Geoff Huegill
Geoff Huegill (Geoffrey Andrew Huegill, "Skippy"), Australian butterfly swimmer born 1979 in Gove, NT. Dual Olympian, Sydney 2000 silver and bronze, former 50m butterfly world record holder long and short course, seven-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Jan Andrew
Jan Andrew (Janice Andrew, later Thornett), Australian swimmer born 1943 in Lindfield, NSW; won 100m butterfly bronze and medley relay silver at Rome 1960, and held the 100m butterfly world record (1:08.9, Tokyo, April 1961).
Jess Schipper
Jess Schipper, born 1986, is a retired Australian butterfly swimmer who won two Olympic relay golds and set world records in the 200 m butterfly.
Jon Sieben
Jon Sieben (Jonathan Scott Sieben, born 1966, Brisbane) is an Australian swimmer who won the 1984 Olympic 200m butterfly in world record 1:57.04, beating Michael Gross and Pablo Morales, and competed at three Olympics.
Kevin Berry
Kevin Berry (1945–2006), Australian butterfly swimmer, won the 200 m butterfly gold at Tokyo 1964 in world record 2:06.6, Australia's first butterfly gold; later SMH photographer and ABC head of sport.
Marieke Guehrer
Marieke Guehrer (D'Cruz), Australian sprint swimmer born 1986 in Adelaide; 2004 Olympic 100m backstroker who reinvented herself in butterfly, won 50m fly gold at Rome 2009 worlds, set short-course world records 24.99 (50 fly) and 26.17 (50 back), and won the 2008 FINA World Cup.
Matt Jaukovic
Matt Jaukovic, born Matija Jaukovic in 1985, is an Australian butterfly swimmer who set a short course 50 meter butterfly world record of 22.50 seconds in 2008.
Petria Thomas
Petria Thomas is an Australian former butterfly swimmer who won eight Olympic medals and nine Commonwealth Games gold medals, later serving as Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022.