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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 Beardsley
Craig Beardsley, American swimmer, 200m butterfly world record holder (1:58.21 in 1980, 1:58.01 in 1981), 1980 Olympic boycott team member, 1979 and 1983 Pan Am gold medalist, 1982 World bronze medalist, ISHOF inductee.
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.
Cristina Teuscher
Cristina Teuscher (born 1978), also Cristina Teuscher Fabbri, American swimmer from New Rochelle, NY; 1996 Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, 2000 bronze in the 200 m IM, undefeated Columbia collegiate career, 2000 Honda-Broderick Cup winner.
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.
Cynthia Goyette
Cynthia Goyette (Cynthia Lee Goyette, born 1946, Detroit) is an American breaststroke swimmer who won 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold in the 4x100 m medley relay with a 4:33.9 world record, and won five AAU indoor and four intercollegiate breaststroke titles.
Dagmar Hase
Dagmar Hase (born 1969, Quedlinburg/Thale) is a German swimmer, 1992 Olympic 400m freestyle champion with seven Olympic medals, ISHOF inductee 2013, later implicated in GDR doping records she denies.
Dai Jun
Dai Jun (戴骏), Chinese freestyle swimmer born 1992 in Shanghai; 2010 Youth Olympic 400 m freestyle champion, 2010 Asian Games relay gold, and 2012 London Olympic bronze in the 4x200 m freestyle relay.
Daichi Suzuki
Daichi Suzuki (鈴木 大地), born 1967, Japanese backstroke swimmer who won 100 m backstroke gold at Seoul 1988 in 55.05 with underwater dolphin kicks, forcing the 10m-then-15m surfacing rule; later Japan Swimming Federation president and 2022 ISHOF honoree.
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.
Dan Sherry
Dan Sherry (Daniel John Sherry, born 1946), Canadian swimmer for the North York Lions Club; eighth in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic 200 m butterfly, two 1963 Pan Am bronzes, 1965 110-yard butterfly world record. Same name: 1986 Commonwealth Games boxing champion.
Dana Vollmer
Dana Vollmer (Dana Whitney Vollmer Grant), American swimmer born 1987 in Syracuse, New York; three-time Olympian with 7 Olympic medals (5 gold) and 100m butterfly world record 55.98 at London 2012; retired 2019, ISHOF 2024.
Daniel Gyurta
Dániel Gyurta (Gyurta Dániel), Hungarian swimmer born 1989, 200m breaststroke specialist; Olympic gold London 2012 in world-record 2:07.28, silver Athens 2004, world champion 2009–2013, ISHOF 2024.
Daniel Kowalski
Daniel Kowalski, Australian distance freestyle swimmer born 1975 in Singapore; four-time Olympic medallist (silver 1500m, bronze 200m and 400m at Atlanta 1996, relay gold Sydney 2000), 1998 relay world record holder, retired 2002, now AOC Head of Olympian Services.
Daniela Gotz
Daniela Götz (born 1987, Nürnberg) is a German freestyle sprint swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay at Athens 2004, and member of Germany's 4x100 m freestyle relay world-record team (3:35.22, Budapest 2006).
Daniela Hunger
Daniela Hunger (born 1972, East Berlin), German swimmer of SC Dynamo Berlin; 1988 Seoul Olympic champion in the 200 m IM and 4×100 m freestyle relay for East Germany, three medals for Germany in 1992, later named in GDR doping revelations, which she denied.
Daniela Samulski
Daniela Samulski (1984-2018), German swimmer and two-time Olympian (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008), specialist in backstroke, butterfly, and relays; set 50 m backstroke world records in 2009 and held the European record 27.23 until 2018.
Danila Izotov
Danila Izotov (Данила Сергеевич Изотов, born 1991) is a Russian freestyle swimmer: Olympic silver (4x200 m relay, Beijing 2008) and bronze (4x100 m relay, London 2012), 200 m freestyle world bronze, and two short-course relay world records.
Dano Halsall
Dano Halsall (Daniel Halsall, born 1963, Geneva) is a Swiss former sprint freestyle swimmer, son of a Jamaican father, who set the 50 m freestyle record in 1985, won 1986 world silver, and swam at three Olympics (1984, 1988, 1992).
Danyon Loader
Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer (born 1975, Timaru), won 200m and 400m freestyle gold at Atlanta 1996 and 200m butterfly silver at Barcelona 1992; set four short course world records and was the first New Zealander in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Dara Torres
Dara Torres (born 1967), American swimmer, five-time Olympian (1984-2008) with 12 Olympic medals; oldest Olympic swimming medallist at 41, Beijing 2008, and first American woman in five Games.
Daria Ustinova
Daria Ustinova: name shared by two Russian swimmers born 1998, Daria Konstantinovna (backstroker, two Olympics, mixed medley relay world records) and Daria Sergeevna (sprint freestyler, retired 2025).
Darian Townsend
Darian Townsend, South African-born swimmer, 2004 Athens Olympic gold medallist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay (world record 3:13.17), three-time Olympian for South Africa, later US citizen and 200 IM short course world record holder.
Darya Ustinova
Darya Ustinova (Дарья Константиновна Устинова), born 1998, Russian backstroke swimmer; two-time Olympian, 2013 world bronze in 4×100 m medley relay, 2014 mixed medley world record holder. Distinct from freestyle swimmer Darya S. Ustinova.
Daryna Zevina
Daryna Zevina (Дарина Зевіна), Ukrainian backstroke swimmer born 1994 in Kyiv; 2010 Youth Olympic 100 m backstroke champion, 2012 world short course 200 m backstroke champion, six European short course titles, and Olympian at 2012, 2016, and 2020.
Dave Berkoff
Dave Berkoff (David Charles Berkoff, born 1966) is an American backstroker, Harvard graduate, and four-time Olympic medalist who pioneered the underwater 'Berkoff Blastoff' dolphin-kick start, set three 100 m backstroke world records in 1988, and prompted FINA's 10m then 15m rule.
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 Gillanders
Dave Gillanders (John David Gillanders, born 1939) is an American swimmer, 1960 Olympic 200 m butterfly bronze medalist and world-record 4x100 medley relay member, Michigan NCAA champion, later electrical engineering professor.