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Bruce Hayes
Bruce Hayes (Lawrence Bruce Hayes), American swimmer born 1963 in Sarasota, Florida; 1984 Olympic gold medalist anchoring the US 4x200 freestyle relay to a 7:15.69 world record, beating Michael Gross's West Germany by 0.04 seconds; first Olympic swimming gold medalist to compete at the Gay Games (1990).
Bruce Stahl
Bruce Stahl, American sprint freestyle swimmer, held the men's 50 m freestyle world record at 22.83 set 10 April 1980 in Austin; 1980 NCAA All-American for UC Santa Barbara and later USMS masters standout.
Bryan Lundquist
Bryan Lundquist is an American sprint swimmer, Auburn University alumnus, 2008 short-course world champion and world record holder in the 4x100m freestyle relay, and former American record holder in the 50m butterfly (22.91).
Carly Piper
Carly Piper (born 1983, Grosse Pointe, Michigan) is an American swimmer, 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist in the women's 4x200 m freestyle relay, world record holder (7:53.42), and 18-time All-American at Wisconsin.
Carolyn House
Carolyn House (Carolyn House Helmuth), born 1945, American swimmer; 1960 Rome Olympian in the 400 m freestyle and 1962 world record-holder in the 800 m (9:51.6) and 1500 m (18:44.0) freestyle; LAAC swimmer, Hall of Fame member.
Carolyn Wood
Carolyn Virginia Wood, American swimmer, 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at age 14; 100 m butterfly finalist who did not finish; later Portland English teacher and memoirist.
Carrie Steinseifer
Carrie Steinseifer (born Carolyn Lynne Steinseifer), an American former competitive swimmer, won three gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, including one tied with Nancy Hogshead.
Catherine Calhoun
Catherine (Cathy) Calhoun, later Cridland, American freestyle swimmer; set the women's 1500 m freestyle world record, 17:19.20, aged 13 at Houston on 28 August 1971, and won 1971 Pan American Games 800 m freestyle gold.
Chad Carvin
Chad Carvin (Chad Robb Carvin), American distance freestyle swimmer born 1974, 2000 Olympic 4x200 m relay silver medalist who overcame viral cardiomyopathy and a back injury, with short-course world record 7:01.33.
Charlie Houchin
Charlie Houchin (Charles Houchin), American freestyle swimmer born 1987 in Lake Forest, Illinois; 2012 Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay prelims, 2013 world relay gold, 2011 Pan Am double gold, later founded HydroXphere and Swimmingly.
Charlotte Boyle
Charlotte Duggan Boyle (Clune), 1899-1990, American swimmer of the New York Women's Swimming Association; 1920 Antwerp Olympian in the 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle world record holder in 1921, and ISHOF Honor Pioneer Swimmer.
Chris Cavanaugh
Chris Cavanaugh (Christopher Carl Cavanaugh, born 1962) is an American sprint swimmer who won 4x100 m freestyle relay gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in world record 3:19.03, plus 1982 Worlds and 1983 Pan Am relay golds; boycotted Moscow 1980.
Chris Guiliano
Chris Guiliano (born 2003) is an American freestyle swimmer from Douglassville, Pennsylvania; Paris 2024 4x100m free relay gold medalist, first US man since Biondi 1988 to make the Olympics in the 50, 100, and 200 free; Notre Dame, then Texas.
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs (Christopher Charles Jacobs, born 1964) is an American former freestyle sprint swimmer who won two relay golds and a 100m freestyle silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, both relays in world record time, after recovering from addiction.
Cierra Runge
Cierra Runge (Runge-Burnell), born 1996 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is an American freestyle swimmer with NBAC Baltimore who won 4x200 m freestyle relay gold at Rio 2016 and at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships.
Clarke Scholes
Clarke Scholes (Clarke Currie Scholes, 1930–2010), American swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 100 m freestyle (57.4, tied with Hiroshi Suzuki), 1955 Pan American Games double gold medalist, five-time NCAA champion for Michigan State.
Conor Dwyer
Conor Dwyer (Conor James Dwyer), American swimmer born 1989, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200m freestyle relay (London 2012, Rio 2016) and 200m freestyle bronze medalist; retired 2019 after a 20-month doping ban.
Courtney Shealy
Courtney Shealy (Courtney Shealy Hart), American swimmer born 1977, won two relay golds at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, set two world records, starred for Georgia, and coached Georgia Tech 2009-2024.
Craig Oppel
Craig Oppel (Richard Craig Oppel, born 1967, Keflavik, Iceland) is an American former swimmer, 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay heats, UCLA All-American, and later an Iowa family-law attorney.
Cullen Jones
Cullen Jones (born 1984, Bronx, New York), American sprint freestyle swimmer, 2008 and 2012 Olympian with 2 gold and 2 silver medals, holder of the 4x100 m freestyle relay world record 3:08.24, and water-safety advocate.
Dan Jorgensen
Dan Jorgensen (Daniel Ploug Jorgensen, born 1968, New London, Connecticut), American distance freestyle swimmer; 1988 Olympic 4x200m relay gold and 1992 bronze, 1986 400m free American record 3:49.41, later VP of sales at S.R. Smith.
Dan Ketchum
Dan Ketchum (Daniel Ketchum, born 1981, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American swimmer who won Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Athens 2004 and swam for the University of Michigan, winning three Big Ten 200-yard freestyle titles.
Dave Edgar
Dave Edgar (David Holmes Edgar, born 1950), American swimmer; 1972 Munich Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the 4x100 m freestyle relay (3:26.42), seven-time NCAA champion for Tennessee, first man under 45 seconds for 100 yards freestyle.
Dave Fairbank
Dave Fairbank (David William Fairbank, born 1954) is an American swimmer from Sacramento who swam the heats of both US gold-winning relays at the 1972 Munich Olympics, setting a 4x100 m freestyle world record of 3:28.84, but received no medal under then-current rules.
Dave Lyons
David Lyons (David Chandler Lyons) is an American former swimmer and Yale University alum who won the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Dave Walters
Dave Walters (David Walters, born 1987) is an American swimmer, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay and 2009 Rome world record holder in the 4x200 free and 4x100 medley relays.
David Fox
David Ashley Fox (born 1971), American sprint freestyle swimmer from Raleigh, North Carolina; 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1995 world record holder, NC State swimmer, NC Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
David Larson
David Larson, fully David Erwin Larson, is an American swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Davis Tarwater
Davis Tarwater (born 1984, Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay and 2009 world champion in the same event, and a three-time NCAA champion for Michigan.
Dennis Rounsavelle
Dennis Rounsavelle (1940-2002), American swimmer for El Segundo High and USC; 1958 CIF 500-yard freestyle champion, 1960 NCAA 440-yard freestyle titlist, and 1959 world record holder in the 400-meter individual medley at 5:04.5.