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Eddie Gilbert
Eddie Gilbert: name shared by Edwin Fisher Gilbert (1929-2020), American Olympic swimmer in the 1948 4x200 freestyle relay, and Edward Gilbert (1905-1978), Aboriginal Australian fast bowler; also a college sprinter and a boxer.
Edith Mayne
Edith Mayne (Edith May Mayne-Peacock, 1905-1953), English freestyle swimmer for Torquay Leander; 1928 Olympic 400 m finalist-stage swimmer and 1,500 m world record holder (24:00.2, 1926).
Edith Wetzel
Edith "Eadie" Wetzel, American swimmer; held the women's 200 m freestyle long course world record (2:08.8, Lincoln, 2 August 1968) and ranked in world top ten at 400, 800, and 1500 m freestyle; Illinois Swimming Hall of Fame.
Eleanor Garatti Saville
Eleanor Garatti Saville (Eleanor Agnes Garatti-Saville, 1909-1998), American Olympic swimmer; gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Amsterdam 1928 and Los Angeles 1932, silver and bronze in the 100 m freestyle, first woman under 1:10 (1:09.8, 1929).
Elke Sehmisch
Elke Sehmisch (born 1955, Leipzig) is an East German former freestyle swimmer of SC DHfK Leipzig; 1970 European champion in the 400 m freestyle and 4x100 m relay, 1972 Munich Olympic relay silver medalist, later a Leipzig psychotherapist.
Elvi Svendsen
Elvi Johanne Svendsen (Svendsen-Carlsen), Danish swimmer (1920-2013) of IF Sparta, Copenhagen; 1936 and 1948 Olympian, 1947 European 4x100 m freestyle relay champion, 1938 world record holder 4:29.7.
Emil Rausch
Emil Rausch (Emil Ferdinand Gustav Rausch), German swimmer for SC Poseidon Berlin, won 1904 Olympic gold in the 880 yd and 1 mile freestyle swimming sidestroke, plus 1906 relay silver; last sidestroke Olympic champion, ISHOF 1968.
Enith Brigitha
Enith Brigitha, Dutch swimmer born 1955 in Willemstad, Curaçao; first black Olympic swimming medalist, with 1976 Montreal bronze in the 100 and 200 m freestyle; 21 Dutch titles; Hall of Fame 2015.
Erin Phenix
Erin Phenix (Erin Ashley Phenix, later Phenix-Smith), American swimmer born 1981 in Cincinnati, Ohio; won 2000 Sydney Olympic gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay as a heats swimmer and two 2001 World Championship silvers for the University of Texas.
Ethel Lackie
Ethel Minnie Lackie (Watkins), 1907-1979, American swimmer of Illinois AC Chicago; 1924 Paris Olympic gold in 100 m freestyle (1:12.4) and 4x100 m relay; first woman under 60 s for 100 y and at 1:10.0 for 100 m freestyle.
Ethel McGary
Ethel McGary (Ethel M. McGary, later Engelsen, 1907-1975), American long-distance freestyle swimmer of the Women's Swimming Association; 1928 Olympian in the 400 m freestyle and 1925 world record holder at 880 yards and 1,500 metres.
Euphrasia Donnelly
Euphrasia Louise "Fraze" Donnelly (1905–1963), American freestyle swimmer of the Hoosier Athletic Club; won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Paris 1924 in world-record 4:58.8 with Ederle, Lackie, and Wehselau; later professional swimmer and Indiana instructor.
Fabien Gilot
Fabien Gilot, French sprint freestyle swimmer born 1984 in Denain; Olympic gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at London 2012 plus silvers in 2008 and 2016; 17 total international medals; clubs Vikings de Rouen and CN Marseille.
Faith Leech
Faith Leech (Faith Yvonne Leech-Touhy), Australian freestyle swimmer nicknamed the Flying Fish; 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold medallist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and bronze in the 100 m freestyle; retired at 16 in 1957 on medical advice.
Femke Heemskerk
Femke Heemskerk (Frederike Johanna Maria Heemskerk, born 1987) is a retired Dutch freestyle swimmer, 2008 Olympic 4x100 m relay champion, 2012 silver medalist, four-time Olympian with 101 international medals.
Ferenc Csik
Ferenc Csik (Csík Ferenc, 1913-1945), Hungarian swimmer and physician; surprise 1936 Berlin Olympic 100 m freestyle champion (57.6) and 4x200 m relay bronze medalist; killed in an air raid as an Army doctor.
Fernando Scheffer
Fernando Scheffer (Fernando Muhlenberg Scheffer, born 1998, Canoas, Brazil) is a Brazilian freestyle swimmer, Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m freestyle (1:44.66) and 2018 short-course 4x200 m relay world champion; retired 2026.
Fernando Scherer
Fernando de Queiroz Scherer, 'Xuxa' (born 1974, Florianópolis), Brazilian sprint swimmer; two Olympic bronzes (50 m free Atlanta 1996, 4x100 m free relay Sydney 2000), short-course 4x100 m relay world records, retired 2007. Not Fernando Scheffer.
Florent Manaudou
Florent Manaudou, French swimmer (born 1990, Villeurbanne), Olympic 50 m freestyle champion at London 2012 and six-time Olympic medalist; first swimmer with four medals in the event; retired August 2026 at 35.
Ford Konno
Ford Hiroshi Konno, born in Honolulu in 1933, is an American freestyle swimmer who won two gold and two silver medals at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics.
Fran Halsall
Fran Halsall is a retired British sprint swimmer who competed at three Olympic Games and won gold in the mixed medley relay at the 2015 World Championships.
Francis Luyce
Francis Luyce (born 1947), French freestyle swimmer and administrator; 800 m freestyle world record holder 1967-1968, Olympian at Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968, and president of the French Swimming Federation (FFN) from 1993 to 2017.
Frank Dooley
Frank Dooley (Frank Martin Dooley III, 1929–2022) was an American swimmer who swam in the preliminary heat of the US 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Frank Henter
Frank Henter is a German former swimmer from Dortmund who finished seventh in the 50 meters freestyle final for West Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Frank Wiegand
Frank Wiegand (born 1943 in Annaberg, Saxony) is a German former swimmer who won four Olympic silver medals, set two world records, and was East German Athlete of the Year in 1966.
Franziska van Almsick
Franziska van Almsick, German freestyle swimmer born 1978 in East Berlin, won 10 Olympic medals (4 silver, 6 bronze, no gold) from 1992 to 2004, two world titles, 18 European titles, and six world records including the 200m freestyle mark that stood until 2007.
Fred Lane
Fred Lane (Frederick Claude Vivian Lane, 1880–1969), Australian swimmer, won the 200 m freestyle and 200 m obstacle course at the 1900 Paris Olympics, set seven world records, and was first under a minute for 100 yards.
Frederick Bousquet
Fred Bousquet (Frédérick Bousquet), born 1981 in Perpignan, French sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer; Auburn NCAA champion, first under 19 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, 50 m freestyle world record 20.94 in 2009, Olympic relay silver at Beijing 2008.
Freya Anderson
Freya Anderson is a British freestyle swimmer from Birkenhead, England, who won Olympic gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay at Tokyo 2020 and holds eleven European titles.
Friedrich Berger
Friedrich Berger is the name of several twentieth-century figures, most notably a German freestyle swimmer who won European titles in 1926 and 1927, and a Gestapo bureau chief in occupied Paris.