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Jon Olsen
Jon Olsen (Jon C. Olsen, born 1969, New Britain, Connecticut), American freestyle sprinter; five Olympic medals (four gold, all relays) at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996; world-record relay swimmer; later Florida Keys swim coach.
Jonty Skinner
Jonty Skinner (John Alexander Skinner), South African sprint swimmer born 1954, barred from the 1976 Olympics by the apartheid ban; weeks later he set a 100 m freestyle world record of 49.44 that stood until 1981, then became a leading coach.
Jopie Selbach
Jopie Selbach (Johanna Katarina Selbach-Koé, 1918-1998), Dutch freestyle swimmer of ADZ Amsterdam; won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1934 European Championships and the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting relay world records.
Jordan Crooks
Jordan Crooks (born 2002), Caymanian sprint freestyle swimmer; first Cayman Islands world champion in any sport (2022 short course 50m free) and first man under 20 seconds in the SCM 50 free (19.90, 2024); NCAA 100-yard free record holder (39.83).
Jorg Hoffmann (olympedia 47836)
Jörg Hoffmann (born 1970, Schwedt/Oder), German freestyle swimmer; 1991 double world champion 400/1,500 m, world record 14:50.36, first under 15 minutes; Olympic 1,500 m bronze 1992; later Potsdam coach.
Jörg Woithe
Jörg Woithe (born 1963, East Berlin), East German freestyle swimmer for SC Dynamo Berlin; 1980 Olympic 100 m freestyle champion (50.40), 1982 world champion, 1987 European 50 m champion; later coach and lubricants executive.
Jose Carlos Souza
Jose Carlos Souza (José Carlos Ferreira Souza Junior), Brazilian swimmer born 1971 in São Paulo; 1992 Barcelona Olympian (6th, 4x100 m freestyle relay) and 1993 short-course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record holder and world champion.
Josefin Lillhage
Josefin Lillhage (Anna Josefin Lillhage, later Östblom, born 1980), Swedish freestyle swimmer; four Olympics 1996–2008, Sydney 2000 relay bronze, short course 4x200 m freestyle world record 7:51.70 in 1999, 43 international medals, retired 2010.
Josephine Mckim
Josephine Eveline McKim (Chalmers), American freestyle swimmer (1910-1992): 1928 Olympic 400m freestyle bronze, 1932 relay gold in world record 4:38.0, six world records, and Maureen O'Sullivan's body double in Tarzan and His Mate.
Josette Arene
Josette Arene (Josette Andree Arene, born Delmas; 1924-2019), French swimmer of the 1940s-1950s; two-time Olympian (London 1948, Helsinki 1952), ten French titles, and 1954 world record in the 4x100 m medley relay.
Josh Davis
Josh Davis (Joshua Clark Davis, born 1972), American swimmer from San Antonio; won three relay golds at Atlanta 1996 and two relay silvers at Sydney 2000; later coach at Oklahoma Christian University. Distinct from other athletes named Josh Davis.
Judit Temes
Judit Temes (Temes Judit, 1930–2013), Hungarian swimmer: Helsinki 1952 gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay (world record 4:24.4) and 100 m freestyle bronze; later pathologist and swimming administrator.
Julia Stowers
Julia Stowers (Julia Gray Stowers, later Julia Stowers Dilworth), born 1982 in Knoxville, is an American freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4x200 m relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, silver at the 1999 Pan American Games, and later became a Memphis assistant district attorney.
Kara Lynn Joyce
Kara Lynn Joyce, American sprint freestyle swimmer born 1985 in Brooklyn, three-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012) with four Olympic silver relay medals, 18-time NCAA champion for Georgia, later founder of the LEAD Sports Summit.
Karen Hazen
Karen Hazen, American distance freestyle swimmer of the 1970s; held the US 1500 m freestyle record (16:49.41, June 30, 1974, Santa Clara) and the 1,650-yard AAU record (16:28.37); sister of Lisa Hazen.
Karen Legg
Karen Legg, later Legg-Crumpler, is a British freestyle swimmer, born in 1978, who won world 4×200 m relay titles and competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Karen Moras
Karen Moras (Karen Lynne Moras-Stephenson), Australian swimmer born 1954 in Ryde, NSW; 1968 Olympic 400m freestyle bronze at 14, world records in 400m and 800m freestyle, and three golds at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
Karen Pickering
Karen Pickering MBE (born 1971, Hove, England) is a British freestyle swimmer who competed at four Olympics 1992–2004, won four world titles including the 1993 short-course 200 m freestyle, 13 Commonwealth medals, and later founded the Karen Pickering SWIM Foundation.
Katalin Szoke
Katalin Szőke (Kató Szőke, Katherine Domyan, 1935–2017), Hungarian swimmer; double 1952 Helsinki Olympic champion (100 m freestyle, 4×100 m relay), 1954 European champion, four relay world records; defected to the USA after 1956.
Kate Ziegler
Kate Ziegler (born 1988, Fairfax, Virginia), American distance freestyle swimmer; two-time Olympian (2008, 2012); swept 800m/1500m freestyle golds at 2005 and 2007 World Championships; broke Janet Evans's 1500m world record (15:42.54, 2007); now a mindset coach.
Kathy Ellis
Kathy Ellis (Kathleen Ellis, later Landgraf, Greer), American swimmer born 1946 in Indianapolis, Riviera Club; won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals in four events at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and held the 100 m butterfly world record.
Katrin Meißner
Katrin Meißner (born 1973, East Berlin), German swimmer; double 1988 Olympic relay gold medalist for East Germany and 50 m freestyle bronze medalist; also swam for reunified Germany at Sydney 2000; 2002 world record 4x100 m freestyle relay 3:36.00.
Katsunori Kenjo
Katsunori Kenjo (剣城 克則), Japanese freestyle swimmer; swam in the 4x200m freestyle relay world record team (8:18.7, Osaka, 26 July 1959) with Yamanaka, Fukui, and Fujimoto; record broken July 1960.
Ken Walsh
Ken Walsh (Kenneth Marshall Walsh), born 1945, American swimmer; 1968 Olympic gold in 4x100 freestyle and medley relays, silver in 100 m freestyle; 100 m freestyle world record 52.6 in 1967.
Kenrick Monk
Kenrick Monk (born 1988, Blacktown, NSW) is an Australian swimmer and coach, two-time Olympian (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2008 short-course world 200m freestyle champion, and 4x200m relay short-course world record holder, now head coach at Caulfield Aquatics.
Kiah Melverton
Kiah Melverton, full name Kiah Shenea Melverton, is an Australian middle- and distance freestyle swimmer who won world and Commonwealth relay gold and retired in 2024.
Kieran Bird
Kieran Bird (born 1999, Bicester, England) is a British freestyle swimmer and two-time Olympian for Team GB. He won gold in the men's 4x200 m freestyle relay at Paris 2024 as a heat swimmer and the 2022 European mixed relay title.
Kieran Smith
Kieran Smith (born 2000, Sydney) is an American swimmer, Florida Gators product, Tokyo 2020 400m freestyle bronze medalist, Paris 2024 4x200m relay silver medalist, and 2022 short course 400m free world champion.
Kieren Perkins
Kieren Perkins (born 1973, Brisbane), nicknamed Superfish, Australian 1500m freestyle great: Olympic gold 1992 and 1996, silver 2000, 11 world records, now CEO of the Australian Sports Commission.
Kim Black
Kim Black (Kimberly A. Black, born 1978, Liverpool, New York) is an American freestyle swimmer, 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, and five-time Universiade gold winner.