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Trenton Julian
Trenton Julian, American swimmer (born 1998), butterfly and freestyle specialist; Cal Berkeley NCAA champion, Mission Viejo Nadadores pro, world gold medalist in 4x200 free relays and World Cup 200 fly winner.
Ute Noack
Ute Noack (born 1943, Berlin) is an East German butterfly swimmer, Berliner TSC; 1962 European medley relay gold and 100 fly silver behind Ada Kok, multiple European records, 10th in the 100 fly at Tokyo 1964.
Vladimir Hopka
Vladimír Hopka (1937–2025), Slovak butterfly swimmer of Slávia UK and Slávia SVŠT Bratislava; set the 100 m butterfly European record (1:01.2, Leipzig 1961) and a 1:00.3 short-course best world performance (Bremen 1962); 22 national records, seven-time Czechoslovak champion.
Walter Richardson
Walter Pierce Richardson, American butterfly swimmer born 1943 in Chicago; University of Minnesota NCAA champion, 1963 4x100 m medley relay world record holder (4:00.1), and 1964 Tokyo Olympic relay heat swimmer who received no medal under then-current rules.
Wang Changhao
Wang Changhao (王长浩), Chinese swimmer born 2002 in Tianjin, butterfly and relay specialist; Olympic gold 2024 men's 4x100 medley relay, Asian record 3:27.01, Chinese 50 fly record 23.25.
Wendy Quirk
Wendy Quirk (Wendy Patricia Quirk-Johnson), born 1959 in Montréal, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer; 1976 Olympic finalist, triple 1978 Commonwealth gold medallist, 1978 World bronze medallist, barred from Moscow 1980 by Canada's boycott.
William Paulus
William Paulus, Fort Worth, Texas swimmer; 100m butterfly world record holder (53.81), 1980 U.S. Olympian barred by the Moscow boycott, and 11-time All-American who helped Texas win its first NCAA swimming title in 1981.
William Yorzyk
William "Bill" Yorzyk (1933-2020), American swimmer, first Olympic champion in a butterfly event, winning the 200 m butterfly at Melbourne 1956; set 11 world records, became an Air Force anesthesiologist, ISHOF inductee 1971.
Yevgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Korotyshkin (Евгений Коротышкин), born 1983, Russian butterfly swimmer; Olympic 100 m butterfly silver at London 2012 behind Phelps; six short-course world records; retired 2014.
Yuko Nakanishi
Yuko Nakanishi (中西 悠子), born 1981 in Ikeda, Osaka, is a Japanese swimmer specializing in the 200 m butterfly: 2004 Athens Olympic bronze, three Olympics, and a short-course 200 fly world record of 2:03.12 (2008-2009).
Zhang Yifan
Zhang Yifan (张一璠), Chinese swimmer born 2000 in Baoding, Hebei; won gold in the women's 4x200 m freestyle relay at Tokyo 2020, swimming the heats; specialist in the 200 m butterfly.
Zhang Yufei
Zhang Yufei (张雨霏), born 1998, Chinese swimmer; double Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion (200m butterfly OR, 4x200 free relay WR) and six-medalist at Paris 2024; cleared 2020 TMZ doping case.