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Townley Haas
Townley Haas (Francis Townley Haas), American swimmer born 1996 in Richmond, Virginia; Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Rio 2016, two-time Olympian, four-time world relay champion, and 10-time NCAA champion for Texas.
Trina Jackson
Trina Jackson (Trina Marie Jackson, later Falca), born 1977, American distance freestyle swimmer; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, 1995 Pan American Games triple gold medalist, and two-time NCAA 1650-yard freestyle champion for Arizona.
Virginia Duenkel
Ginny Duenkel (Virginia Ruth Duenkel, later Fuldner), American swimmer born 1947 in Orange, New Jersey; 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the 400 m freestyle (4:43.3 OR) and 100 m backstroke bronze medalist; held the 100 m backstroke world record (1:08.3) in 1964.
Wally Ris
Wally Ris (Walter Stephen Ris, 1924–1989), American freestyle swimmer; double gold medalist at the 1948 London Olympics in the 100 m freestyle (57.3 OR) and 4×200 m relay (8:46.0 WR); University of Iowa, ISHOF 1966.
Wally Wolf
Wally Wolf (Wallace Perry Wolf Jr., 1930-1997), American Olympic swimmer and water polo player; gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at 1948 London, four-time Olympian, later a Los Angeles entertainment attorney. Not the baseball pitcher Walter Beck Wolf.
Wayne Moore
Wayne Richard Moore (1931–2015), American freestyle swimmer; 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, Yale world-record holder, and later precision-engineering executive and author.
Wendy Boglioli
Wendy Boglioli (Wendy Lou Lansbach Boglioli, born 1955) is an American swimmer who won 1976 Montreal Olympic gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay with a world-record 3:44.82 and bronze in the 100 m butterfly.
Wendy Fordyce
Wendy Fordyce, American swimmer of the 1960s from Coral Gables and Miami Springs, Florida; 1967 Pan American Games double gold medalist and 4x100-meter relay world record holder; 1968 US Olympic Trials competitor.
Zach Apple
Zach Apple (Zachary Douglas Apple), American sprint freestyle swimmer born 1997 in Trenton, Ohio; two-time Olympic gold medalist at Tokyo 2020 in the 4x100 freestyle and medley relays, setting the 3:26.78 medley relay world record.