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Nikolay Skvortsov
Nikolay Valeryevich Skvortsov (Николай Валерьевич Скворцов), Russian butterfly swimmer born 1984 in Obninsk; three-time Olympian (2004-2012), 2007 world bronze medalist, and former short-course world record holder in the 200 m butterfly.
Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer born 1983, first Polish Olympic swimming champion (200 m butterfly, Athens 2004), two world titles, three 200 m butterfly world records, later president of the Polish Swimming Federation.
Pablo Morales
Pablo Morales (Pedro Pablo Morales Jr., born 1964) is an American swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist (3 gold, 2 silver), 100 m butterfly world-record holder, record 11-time NCAA champion at Stanford, and Nebraska head coach.
Par Arvidsson
Pär (Pär Johan) Arvidsson, Swedish swimmer born 1960, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder in the 100 m butterfly (54.15), later a Bay Area entrepreneur; distinct from shooter Per-Olof Arvidsson and hockey player Viktor Arvidsson.
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.
Phil Riker
Phil Riker (Philip Riker III, born 1946), American butterfly swimmer from Paterson, New Jersey; fourth in the 200 m butterfly at Tokyo 1964, 1965 Universiade gold and silver medalist, and 1966 NCAA 100-yard fly champion for North Carolina.
Piero Codia
Piero Codia, Italian butterfly swimmer born 1989 in Trieste. European 100m butterfly champion (Glasgow 2018, Italian record 50.64), 2022 world champion in the 4x100m medley relay, Rio 2016 Olympian, retired 2024.
Qian Hong
Qian Hong (钱红), Chinese butterfly swimmer born 1971 in Baoding, Hebei; 1988 Seoul 100 m butterfly bronze and 1992 Barcelona gold in Olympic record 58.62; also 1991 world champion.
Rafael Munoz
Rafael Muñoz Pérez (Rafa Muñoz), Spanish butterfly swimmer born 1988 in Córdoba; 50 m butterfly world record holder 22.43 (2009–2018), two bronzes at Rome 2009 Worlds, 30th at Beijing 2008 Olympics, retired 2016.
Robin Backhaus
Robin James Backhaus (born 1955), American swimmer, 1972 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly and 1973 world champion in the 200 fly and 4x200 free relay; distinct from the German swimmer Robin Backhaus (born 1989).
Roger Pyttel
Roger Pyttel (born 1957, Wolfen) is a German former swimmer who competed for East Germany at three Olympics, won 1980 silver in the 100 m butterfly and bronze in the 200 m, and in 1976 became the first man under two minutes in the 200 m butterfly.
Roswitha Beier
Roswitha Beier (Roswitha Sonntag), East German swimmer born 1956 in Riesa, won silver in the 100 m butterfly and 4x100 medley relay at Munich 1972 and 200 m butterfly silver at the 1973 Belgrade World Championships.
Sergey Fesenko
Sergey Fesenko (Сергей Леонидович Фесенко), born 1959 in Kryvyi Rih, is a Ukrainian swimmer who won 1980 Olympic gold in the 200 m butterfly and silver in the 400 m IM for the Soviet Union, later coaching Ukraine's national team.
Sharon Stouder
Sharon Stouder (Sharon Marie Stouder-Clark), American swimmer, 1948-2013. Won 3 golds and a silver at Tokyo 1964 aged 15, setting 100m butterfly and relay world records.
Shelley Mann
Shelley Isabel Mann (1937–2005), American swimmer; overcame polio, won the first Olympic women's 100m butterfly gold (1:11.0, Melbourne 1956), silver in the 4x100m relay, and set butterfly and medley world records.
Stefan Hirniak
Stefan Hirniak (born 1985) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle relays, winning 200 m butterfly bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Steffen Deibler
Steffen Deibler, German swimmer (born 1987, Biberach an der Riß), short course 50m butterfly world record holder (21.80, 2009–2018), three-time Olympian 2008–2016, brother of Markus Deibler.
Steve Gregg
Steve Gregg (Steven Garrett Gregg, 1955-2024), American swimmer, 1976 Olympic silver medallist in the 200 m butterfly; also world championship silver 1973 and 1978 and a 1992 short course 50 m freestyle world record holder.
Sun Jiajun
Sun Jiajun (孙佳俊), Chinese swimmer born 2000 in Yichang, Hubei; Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 medley relay, 2018 Youth Olympic double gold medalist, and Asian record holder in the short-course 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke.
Susan Doerr
Susan Doerr (Susan Elizabeth Doerr-Brodsky, 1945–1972), American swimmer for Vesper Boat Club; 1960 Olympian at 15 in the winning US 4x100 m freestyle relay, and 100 m butterfly world record holder (1:08.2, 1961–1962).
Susan Pitt
Susan Pitt (Susan Kay Pitt Anderson, 1948-2024), American swimmer, set the 200 m butterfly world record of 2:29.1 in 1963, swam 1964 Olympic medley relay prelims, 1968 team co-captain, later coach and USA Swimming administrator.
Svetlana Chimrova
Svetlana Chimrova (Светлана Михайловна Чимрова), born 1996 in Moscow, Russian butterfly swimmer; two Olympics (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), European record 4x100 m medley relay 3:53.38, world and European championship medals.
Szebasztian Szabo
Szebasztian Szabó (Szabó Szebasztián, born 1996, Frankfurt am Main) is a Hungarian sprint swimmer, former Serbian competitor, who tied the 50 m butterfly short-course world record at 21.75 in 2021 and swam at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Takashi Ishimoto
Takashi Ishimoto (石本隆), born 1935 in Aki, Kochi, Japanese butterfly swimmer; 1956 Olympic 200 m butterfly silver in 2:23.8, 100 m fly world record holder 1957-1960, triple gold at the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games.
Tamas Kenderesi
Tamas Kenderesi (Kenderesi Tamás), Hungarian butterfly swimmer born 1996 in Bonyhád; 200 m butterfly bronze at Rio 2016, Youth Olympic gold 2014, fourth at Tokyo 2020; banned four years from 2023 in an Athlete Biological Passport doping case.
Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar (Malin Therèse Alshammar, "Tessan"), Swedish sprint swimmer born 1977 in Solna; only female swimmer at six Olympics, 3 Olympic medals, 71 international medals, 50 fly short-course world record 24.38.
Tom Malchow
Tom Malchow (Thomas Andrew Malchow, born 1976), American swimmer, 2000 Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m butterfly, 1996 silver medalist, and 200 m butterfly world record holder (1:55.18, June 2000 to March 2001) before Michael Phelps.
Tom Ponting
Tom Ponting is a Canadian former butterfly swimmer, born in 1965 in Montréal, who medaled at three consecutive Olympics: silver in 1984 and 1988, bronze in 1992.
Tom Shields
Tom Shields (Thomas Allen Shields, born 1991), American butterfly swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 m medley relay (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), 11-time NCAA champion at Cal, now a swim coach in Santa Cruz.
Tommy Hannan
Tommy Hannan (Thomas George Hannan), American swimmer born 1980 in Baltimore; butterfly and medley specialist. Won 2000 Sydney Olympic gold in the 4x100 medley relay as a heat swimmer and 1999 Universiade 200 IM gold; later coached at Washington and KING Aquatics.