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Bill Woolsey
Bill Woolsey (William Tripp Woolsey, 1934-2022), American swimmer from Honolulu; won 4x200 m freestyle relay gold at Helsinki 1952 and silver at Melbourne 1956; NCAA champion at Indiana University.
Birgit Meineke
Birgit Meineke (Meineke-Heukrodt), born 1964 in Berlin, East German freestyle swimmer; 1982 triple world champion, five-time 1983 European champion, multiple world record holder, and victim of the GDR's Oral-Turinabol doping program; later a surgeon.
Blake Pieroni
Blake Pieroni is an American freestyle swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals and one silver in relays at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Games.
Bob Windle
Bob Windle (Robert George Windle, born 1944), Australian freestyle swimmer; 1964 Tokyo Olympic 1500 m freestyle gold in Olympic record 17:01.7, four Olympic medals, six world records, Commonwealth Games champion 1962 and 1966.
Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett (Robert William Hackett Jr., born 1959, Yonkers, NY) is an American swimmer, not the Australian Grant Hackett: 1976 Olympic 1500m freestyle silver medalist at 16, former 800m freestyle world record holder, Harvard standout, Emory coach.
Boris Nikitin
Boris Vasilyevich Nikitin (Борис Васильевич Никитин), Soviet freestyle swimmer from Tbilisi (1938-1984); 1956 Olympic 4x200 m relay bronze medalist, 1956 world record holder, and 1958 European relay champion.
Bowe Becker
Bowe Becker (Bowen Becker), American swimmer born 1997 in Chicago; 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 m freestyle relay for Team USA; former Minnesota Gopher, Cali Condors ISL swimmer.
Boy Charlton
Boy Charlton (Andrew Murray Charlton, 1907-1975), Australian freestyle swimmer nicknamed the Manly Flying Fish; won 1500 m gold at Paris 1924 in world record time, five Olympic medals across three Games, Hall of Fame 1972.
Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper (Bradford Paul Cooper, born 1954) is an Australian swimmer who won 1972 Olympic 400 m freestyle gold after Rick DeMont's doping disqualification; world record holder at 400 and 800 m freestyle.
Brenda Helser
Brenda Helser (Brenda Mersereau Helser, Countess de Morelos y Guerrero, 1924–2001), American swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1948 London Olympics in Olympic record time; also fifth in the 400 m freestyle and a multiple AAU champion.
Breno Correia
Breno Martins Correia, Brazilian freestyle swimmer born 1999 in Salvador, Bahia; 2018 short-course world champion and world record holder in the 4x200m freestyle relay (6:46.81); Olympian at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Brent Lang
Brent Lang (Brent Dennis Lang, born 1968) is an American swimmer and executive; Olympic gold medalist in the 1988 4x100 m freestyle relay, four-time NCAA champion for Michigan, and former president and CEO of Vocera Communications.
Brian Brinkley
Brian Brinkley (born 1953 in Bedford, England) is a British former competitive swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Brian Goodell
Brian Goodell (born 1959, Stockton, California), American distance swimmer; 1976 Montreal double gold medalist in 400 m and 1,500 m freestyle, both in world-record times; five world records; 1980 boycott ended his career; later Mission Viejo mayor.
Brianna Throssell
Brianna Throssell (born 1996, Subiaco, WA) is a retired Australian swimmer, three-time Olympian, two-time Olympic relay gold medallist, and women's 4x200m freestyle relay world record holder (7:37.50, Fukuoka 2023), with 39 international medals; retired March 2025.
Britta Steffen
Britta Steffen, German freestyle sprint swimmer (born 1983, Schwedt/Oder), double 2008 Olympic champion in 50 and 100 m freestyle, 2009 world champion, holder of the 23.73 and 52.07 world records, Hall of Fame inductee.
Brittany Elmslie
Brittany Joyce Elmslie (born 1994, Nambour, Queensland) is a retired Australian swimmer, five-time Olympic medallist, and dual 4x100 m freestyle relay gold medalist at London 2012 and Rio 2016, setting the 3:30.65 world record in Rio.
Bronte Barratt
Bronte Barratt is a retired Australian freestyle swimmer who won four Olympic medals, including gold in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at Beijing 2008.
Bronte Campbell
Bronte Campbell (b. 1994, Blantyre, Malawi) is an Australian swimmer, sister of Cate Campbell, who won 4x100m freestyle relay gold at Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024, plus Tokyo mixed medley bronze, and the 2015 world 50m and 100m freestyle double; retired 2026.
Brooke Bennett
Brooke Bennett, born Brooke Marie Bennett, is an American distance freestyler who secured three Olympic gold medals, earning her a unique place for winning the 800m event at two Games.
Brooks Curry
Brooks Curry (Brooks Vaughn Curry), born 2001, American sprint freestyle swimmer from Dunwoody, Georgia; LSU two-time NCAA champion; Olympic gold (Tokyo 2020 4x100 free relay) and silver (Paris 2024 4x200 free relay); 2022 world champion.
Bruce Furniss
Bruce MacFarlane Furniss (born 1957), American swimmer, 1976 Montreal double Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m freestyle and 4x200 m relay, both in world-record times; ten world records, ISHOF 1987.
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).
Calum Jarvis
Calum Jarvis (born 1992, Ystrad, Wales) is a Welsh swimmer, Olympic gold medallist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Tokyo 2020, two-time world champion (2015, 2017), and 2014 Commonwealth bronze medallist, later a Bath coach.
Camelia Potec
Camelia Alina Potec, Romanian swimmer born 1982 in Brăila, won 200 m freestyle gold at Athens 2004, competed at four straight Olympics (2000-2012), and leads Romania's swimming federation.
Camille Muffat
Camille Muffat (1989-2015), French swimmer, London 2012 Olympic champion in the 400 m freestyle with silver and bronze also; died in the Dropped helicopter crash in Argentina.
Caren Metschuck
Caren Metschuck (Caren Mahn), born 1963 in Greifswald, East German swimmer who won three golds and a silver at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, set two relay world records, and was later linked to GDR doping.
Carlos Jayme
Carlos Jayme (Carlos Alberto Borges Jayme), Brazilian freestyle swimmer born 1980 in Goiânia; Olympic bronze in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Sydney 2000 and short course world record holder in the same event from 1998 to 2000.