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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.
Frances Schroth
Frances Cowells Schroth (1893–1961), American swimmer from Oakland, won gold in the 4×100 m freestyle relay plus two individual bronzes at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, set a relay world record, and was the wife of water polo medalist George Schroth.
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.
Franck Esposito
Franck Esposito (Franck Simon Esposito), French butterfly swimmer born 1971 in Salon-de-Provence; 1992 Olympic 200m butterfly bronze, four Olympiads, 1998 world silver, four European 200 fly titles, and short-course world records.
Franck Schott
Franck Schott, French backstroke swimmer born 1970 in Saint-Paul, La Réunion; three-time Olympian (1988, 1992, 1996), short-course 50 m backstroke world record holder (24.60, 1994), European champion medalist, later technical adviser in La Réunion.
Francois Heersbrandt
François Heersbrandt, Belgian butterfly and sprint freestyle swimmer born 1989 in Uccle; three-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016), 2011 European short course 100m butterfly bronze medalist, 2013 4x50m freestyle relay world record holder, seven Belgian records.
Frank Baltrusch
Frank Baltrusch, born 1964 in Magdeburg, is a German former backstroke swimmer for East Germany who won 200 m backstroke silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics (1:59.60) and World and European Championship medals for SC Magdeburg.
Frank Beaurepaire
Frank Beaurepaire (1891-1956), Australian distance freestyle swimmer, three Olympics 1908-1924, three silver and three bronze medals, 15 world records; later founded Beaurepaires tyres and was Lord Mayor of Melbourne.
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 Hoffmeister
Frank Hoffmeister (born 1965, Erfurt) is a German backstroke swimmer who fled the GDR in Rome in 1984, won 1986 and 1991 World Championship medals, placed fourth in the 1988 Olympic medley relay, and set European short course records.
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 Deburghgraeve
Fred Deburghgraeve (Frédérik Edouard Robert Deburghgraeve, born 1973) is a Belgian breaststroke swimmer, first Belgian Olympic swimming champion, winning 100 m gold at Atlanta 1996 in world record time, later world champion 1998.
Fred Holman
Fred Holman (Frederick Holman, 1883-1913), English breaststroke swimmer from Dawlish, Devon; won the first Olympic 200 m breaststroke at London 1908 in world record 3:09.2; died of typhoid complications at 29.
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.
Fred Schmidt
Fred Schmidt (Frederick Weber Schmidt, born 1943, Evanston, Illinois) is an American swimmer, 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 medley relay and bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly, and former 100 m butterfly world record holder (58.6, 1961).
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.
Friedel Berges
Friedel Berges (Friedrich Berges, 1903-1969), German freestyle swimmer from Darmstadt; two-time European 4x200 m relay champion, 1927 world record 9:49.6, 1928 Olympian, multiple German 400 and 1500 m titlist.
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.
Gabriele Wetzko
Gabriele Wetzko, East German freestyle swimmer (born 1954, Leipzig), two Olympic relay silvers 1968 and 1972, first European woman under one minute for 100 m freestyle, four golds at the 1970 Barcelona Europeans.
Gail Amundrud
Gail Amundrud (born 1957, Toronto) is a Canadian swimmer, bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Montreal 1976, with World, Commonwealth, and Pan American Games medals.
Gail Neall
Gail Neall (Gail Yeo), born 1955, Australian swimmer; 1972 Munich Olympic gold and world record 5:02.97 in the 400m individual medley; Commonwealth Games silver 1970, bronze 1974; Hall of Fame member.