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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.
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).
Andras Wanie
András Wanié (Wanie), Hungarian swimmer and water polo player (1911–1976) of Szeged; 1932 Olympic 4x200 m freestyle relay bronze medalist, 1931 European champion, world and European record holder, later national head coach 1940–1943.
Annie Speirs
Annie Speirs (Annie Coupe Speirs-Coombe, 1889–1926), Liverpool swimmer; won gold in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at Stockholm 1912 in world record time 5:52.8 and was fifth in the 100 m freestyle.
Annie Timmermans
Annie Timmermans, also known as Ans Timmermans (Anna Petronella Timmermans-Ineke, 1919-1958), Dutch freestyle swimmer; 1934 world record and European gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 12th in the 400 m freestyle at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; died in a car accident in Parkdale, Melbourne.
Arpad Lengyel
Arpad Lengyel (Lengyel Árpád, 1915–1993) was a Hungarian swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the 1934 European title.
Billy Dickey
Billy Dickey (William Eugene Dickey, 1874-1944), American swimmer of the New York AC, gold medallist in the plunge for distance (62 ft 6 in / 19.05 m) at the 1904 Olympics; not the Yankees catcher Bill Dickey.
Budd Goodwin
Budd Goodwin (Leo Joseph Goodwin, 1883-1957) was an American NYAC swimmer and water polo player who won two golds and a bronze at the 1904 Olympics, a 1908 relay bronze, 19 AAU titles, and a Congressional Medal for a sea rescue.
Cecil Healy
Cecil Patrick Healy (1881-1918), Australian crawl pioneer and swimmer, won 1912 Stockholm relay gold and 100m silver after insisting Duke Kahanamoku be allowed to swim; killed in action at Mont St Quentin.
Charles Devendeville
Charles Devendeville (Charles Désiré Devendeville, 1882–1914), French swimmer of Tritons Lillois who won gold in underwater swimming at the 1900 Paris Olympics, the event's only appearance, and was killed in action at Reims in World War I.
Claire Guttenstein
Claire Guttenstein (born Claire Frick, 1886–1948), Belgian swimmer, first woman to compete for Belgium at the Olympics (Stockholm 1912, 100 m freestyle) and 100 m freestyle world record holder 1910–1911.
Ernst Luhrsen
Ernst Luhrsen (Heinrich Ernst Franz Lührsen, 1880-1926), German swimmer from Altona; won gold in the one-off 200 m team swimming event at the 1900 Paris Olympics for Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin; also entered 200 m freestyle but did not start.
Ethelda Bleibtrey
Ethelda Bleibtrey (later Schlatke) was an American competition swimmer who won gold in the 100m, 300m, and 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, achieving world record times in each.
Eva Arndt Riise
Eva Arndt Riise (Eva Johanne Arndt-Riise, also Eva Arndt), Danish swimmer (1919–1993). Silver in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1948 London Olympics; 1936 Olympian; 1938 European champion and world record holder (4:27.6).
Fanny Durack
Fanny Durack (Sarah Frances Durack, 1889–1956), Australian swimmer who won the 100m freestyle at Stockholm 1912, the first Olympic women's swimming event, becoming Australia's first female Olympic gold medallist and holder of twelve world records.
Frances Schroth
Frances Cowells Schroth (1893–1961), American swimmer from Oakland, won gold in the 4×100 m freestyle relay plus two individual bronzes at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, set a relay world record, and was the wife of water polo medalist George Schroth.
Frank Beaurepaire
Frank Beaurepaire (1891-1956), Australian distance freestyle swimmer, three Olympics 1908-1924, three silver and three bronze medals, 15 world records; later founded Beaurepaires tyres and was Lord Mayor of Melbourne.
Friedel Berges
Friedel Berges (Friedrich Berges, 1903-1969), German freestyle swimmer from Darmstadt; two-time European 4x200 m relay champion, 1927 world record 9:49.6, 1928 Olympian, multiple German 400 and 1500 m titlist.
George Hodgson
George Ritchie Hodgson (1893-1983), Canadian swimmer, won gold in the 400 m and 1,500 m freestyle at Stockholm 1912 with world records, Canada's only swimming Olympic champion until 1984.
Gustav Lexau
Gustav Lexau, German swimmer and water polo player, won gold in the 200 m team swimming at the 1900 Paris Olympics with Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin and placed fifth in water polo with Germany.
Harry Glancy
Harry Glancy (Harrison Smith Glancy, 1904-2002), American freestyle swimmer; won 1924 Paris Olympic gold in the 4x200 m relay with a 9:53.4 world record alongside Johnny Weissmuller, later a three-time Olympic swim judge and 1990 Hall of Fame inductee.
Helen Johns
Helen Johns (Helen Eileen Johns-Carroll, 1914–2014), American swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in a world record 4:38.0; later a coach and special education teacher.
Hermann Heibel
Hermann Heibel (Hermann Hans Heibel, 1912–1941), German freestyle swimmer of Bremischer Schwimmverband Bremen; 10th in the 1936 Olympic 100 m freestyle, fifth in the 4×200 m relay, and 1938 world record holder in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
Jennie Fletcher
Jennie Fletcher (1890–1968), English swimmer of Leicester Ladies SC, won bronze in the 100 m freestyle and gold in the 4×100 m relay at Stockholm 1912, Britain's first women's Olympic swimming medalist.
Joe Ruddy
Joe Ruddy (Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr., 1878-1962), American swimmer and water polo player who won two 1904 Olympic golds (water polo, 4x50y relay) for the New York Athletic Club, later its legendary coach and an ISHOF honoree.
Kurt Bretting
Kurt Bretting (Kurt Fritz Albert Bretting), German freestyle swimmer of SC Hellas Magdeburg; 100 m freestyle world record 1:02.4 (1912), fourth at Stockholm 1912, killed in action 1918.
Kuzuo Kitamura
Kuzuo Kitamura (北村久寿雄, also Kusuo Kitamura), Japanese swimmer who won the 1932 Olympic 1,500 m freestyle at 14 years 309 days, still the youngest male individual Olympic gold medalist.
Les Boardman
Les Boardman (Leslie Boardman, 1889-1975), Australian swimmer of the Sydney Swimming Club; won 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay for Australasia with world-record times, replacing Bill Longworth on the third leg.
Lou Handley
Lou Handley (Luigi de Breda Handley, 1874-1956), Italian-born American swimmer and water polo player with the New York Athletic Club, won two golds at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics and became the first official coach of a U.S. women's Olympic swim team.