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Dave Lyons
David Lyons (David Chandler Lyons) is an American former swimmer and Yale University alum who won the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Dave Walters
Dave Walters (David Walters, born 1987) is an American swimmer, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay and 2009 Rome world record holder in the 4x200 free and 4x100 medley relays.
Dave Wharton
Dave Wharton (David Lee Wharton, born 1969) is an American swimmer, 1988 Olympic 400 m IM silver medalist, and former world record holder in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley.
Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson is the name of several Olympic athletes, including an American backstroke swimmer who won gold and silver medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
David Dickson
David Gavin Dickson (born 1941, Batu Gajah, Malaysia) is an Australian swimmer who won three Olympic relay bronzes at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964, four Commonwealth relay golds, and set a 4x200 m freestyle world record in 1960.
David Fox
David Ashley Fox (born 1971), American sprint freestyle swimmer from Raleigh, North Carolina; 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1995 world record holder, NC State swimmer, NC Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
David Larson
David Larson, fully David Erwin Larson, is an American swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
David Plummer
David Plummer (born 1985, Norman, Oklahoma) is a retired American backstroke swimmer, 2016 Rio Olympian who won 100m backstroke bronze and 4x100m medley relay gold after missing the 2012 team by 0.12 seconds.
David Popovici
David Popovici, Romanian freestyle swimmer (born 2004, Bucharest), Olympic 200m freestyle champion and 100m bronze medalist at Paris 2024; first swimmer to win the 100m and 200m freestyle world titles twice (2022, 2025).
David Wilkie
David Wilkie (1954-2024), Scottish breaststroke swimmer; won 200m breaststroke gold at Montreal 1976 in world record 2:15.11, first British male Olympic swimming gold in 68 years; popularized cap and goggles.
David Young
David King Young (1907–1988), American swimmer from Atlanta, Georgia; 1927 NCAA 150-yard backstroke champion for Georgia Tech and heat swimmer for the gold-medal, world-record US 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
Davis Tarwater
Davis Tarwater (born 1984, Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay and 2009 world champion in the same event, and a three-time NCAA champion for Michigan.
Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser AC MBE (born 1937, Balmain) is an Australian swimmer who won 100m freestyle gold at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics, took eight Olympic medals, set 39 world records, and was the first woman under one minute for 100m freestyle.
Debbie Meyer
Debbie Meyer (Deborah Elizabeth Meyer) is an American swimmer, born 1952, the first woman to win three individual Olympic golds at one Games, at Mexico City 1968.
Deena Deardurff
Deena Diane Deardurff (later Schmidt), American swimmer born 1957 in Cincinnati, Ohio; Cincinnati Marlins member who won 1972 Munich Olympic gold in the 4x100 m medley relay, placed fourth in the 100 m butterfly, and later publicly disclosed coach abuse.
Denis Pankratov
Denis Vladimirovich Pankratov (Денис Панкратов), Russian butterfly swimmer born 1974 in Volgograd; double 1996 Olympic champion (100/200 m fly), 1995 world-record holder whose underwater style prompted the 15-meter rule.
Dennis Rounsavelle
Dennis Rounsavelle (1940-2002), American swimmer for El Segundo High and USC; 1958 CIF 500-yard freestyle champion, 1960 NCAA 440-yard freestyle titlist, and 1959 world record holder in the 400-meter individual medley at 5:04.5.
Diana Mocanu
Diana Iuliana Mocanu, Romanian swimmer born 1984 in Brăila; double Olympic backstroke champion at Sydney 2000, Romania's first swimming gold medalist, 2001 world 200 m backstroke champion, retired 2004, later a coach and federation vice president.
Diane Bui Duyet
Diane Bui Duyet (Bui-Duyet), born 1979 in Nouméa, is a French butterfly swimmer who set the short-course 100m butterfly world record of 55.05 in Istanbul in 2009, won European silver, seven French titles, and later became a deputy mayor of Nouméa.
Diane Johannigman
Diane Johannigman, Cincinnati-born University of Houston swimmer 1978-81, won four AIAW butterfly titles including three straight 200-yard butterfly crowns, set American records, and entered the UH Hall of Honor in 2006.
Dick Blick
Dick Blick (Richard Adolph Blick), American swimmer born 1940 in Los Angeles; won gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1960 Rome Olympics in world-record time 8:10.2, and won 11 NAIA titles at North Central College.
Dick Cleveland
Richard Fitch "Dick" Cleveland (1929–2002), Hawaiian-born American sprint freestyle swimmer, Ohio State All-American, 1952 Olympian, 1951 Pan Am triple gold medalist, and first swimmer to use heavy weight training.
Dick Hanley
Dick Hanley (Richard Dennis Hanley, 1936–2022), American freestyle swimmer; 1956 Melbourne Olympic silver medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, fifth in the 100 m free, and 200 m freestyle world record holder (2:01.5, 1957).
Dick Roth
Dick Roth (Richard William Roth, 1947–2025), American swimmer who won the first Olympic 400 m individual medley at Tokyo 1964 in a world-record 4:45.4 while recovering from appendicitis; later a Hall of Fame honoree.
Dirk Richter
Dirk Richter names several Germans: an Olympic swimmer (born 1964, Cottbus, backstroke, two relay bronzes 1988/1992) and a sociologist and psychiatric care researcher (born 1962, Bern).
Dmitry Balandin
Dmitry Balandin (Дмитрий Игоревич Баландин), born 1995 in Almaty, is a Kazakh swimmer who won the 200 m breaststroke at Rio 2016, Kazakhstan's first Olympic swimming medal, and swept the 2014 Asian Games breaststroke titles.
Dmitry Komornikov
Dmitry Komornikov (Dmitry Vasilyevich Komornikov, Дмитрий Васильевич Коморников), born 1981, is a Russian breaststroke swimmer who set a 200 m world record in 2003 and swam at three Olympic Games.
Dmitry Lepikov
Dmitry Lepikov (Дмитрий Михайлович Лепиков), born 1972, Russian freestyle swimmer; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold and world record 7:11.95 in the 4x200 m freestyle relay for the Unified Team; not the weightlifter Dmitry Lapikov.
Dmitry Volkov
Dmitry Volkov (Дмитрий Аркадьевич Волков), Soviet breaststroke swimmer, 1966-2025; three Olympic medals (two bronze Seoul 1988, silver Barcelona 1992) and 1990 short course 100 m breaststroke world record 59.30.
Domenico Fioravanti
Domenico Fioravanti (born 1977, Novara) is a retired Italian breaststroke swimmer, the first Italian to win Olympic swimming gold, taking the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke double at Sydney 2000 before retiring in 2004 with cardiac hypertrophy.