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Gijs Damen
Gijs Damen (born 1979) is a retired Dutch 50 m freestyle swimmer; with PSV and the Netherlands he won three golds and one silver in the 4×50 m freestyle relay at the European Short Course Championships, setting a 1:25.55 world record in Dublin 2003.
Giorgio Lamberti
Giorgio Lamberti, Italian freestyle swimmer born 1969 in Brescia; set the 200 m freestyle world record (1:46.69, Bonn 1989) and won Italy's first male world swimming gold, Perth 1991.
Gisela Grass
Gisela Schöbel-Grass (Gisela Graß), German swimmer born 18 June 1926 in Leipzig; set the 100 m breaststroke world record of 1:19.80 on 9 May 1943, first woman under 1:20, and later set masters age-group records.
Gordan Kozulj
Gordan Kožulj, Croatian backstroke swimmer (born 1976, Zagreb), Mladost and Cal Berkeley; 2000 world short-course 200 m champion, 1:51.62 world record, triple European champion, four-time Olympian, later Deloitte Croatia director.
Graham Smith
Graham Smith (Donald Graham Smith), Canadian swimmer born 1958 in Edmonton; 1976 Olympic relay silver, six 1978 Commonwealth golds, 1978 world 200m IM champion; distinct from British swimmer Graeme Smith.
Graham White
Graham Ross White (born 1951), Australian freestyle swimmer. Olympic silver in the 4x200 m relay at Mexico City 1968; three Commonwealth golds at Edinburgh 1970, where his 4x200 m relay set a 7:50.8 world record. Not the ABC broadcaster or race walker of the same name.
Graham Windeatt
Graham Windeatt is an Australian swimmer who won silver in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1972 Munich Olympics and gold at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.
Grant Brits
Grant Tyson Brits (born 1987, Johannesburg) is an Australian freestyle swimmer who won bronze in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Beijing 2008, silver at the 2007 Melbourne Worlds, and set a short-course world record of 6:52.66.
Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett (born 1980) is an Australian swimmer, Olympic 1500 m freestyle champion in 2000 and 2004, 1500 m world record holder 2001–2011 (14:34.56), and Australian team captain 2005–2008.
Greg Buckingham
Greg Buckingham (Gregory Fenton Buckingham, 1945-1990), American swimmer, 1968 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m individual medley, world-record holder in the 200 m and 400 m medley, Stanford NCAA champion, brother of Lindsey Buckingham.
Greg Jagenburg
Greg Jagenburg (Gregory Jagenburg, born 1957) is an American butterfly swimmer, three-time world champion who won three golds and a silver at the 1975 and 1978 World Championships.
Greg Rogers
Greg Rogers (Gregory Francis Rogers, born 1948, Sydney) is an Australian swimmer, 1968 Olympic silver and bronze freestyle relay medallist and 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games gold medallist who set a 4x200 m freestyle relay world record; brother of Neil Rogers.
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Gregorio Paltrinieri, born in 1994 at Carpi in Modena, Italy, is a distance freestyle and open-water swimmer who won Olympic 1500 m freestyle gold at Rio 2016.
Gregory Mallet
Grégory Mallet (born 1984, Rueil-Malmaison) is a French freestyle swimmer, CN Marseille relay specialist, with Olympic silvers in the 4x100 m relay (Beijing 2008) and 4x200 m relay (London 2012), 2013 world title, and a short course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record (3:04.98).
Grete Frederiksen
Grete Frederiksen (Grete Ortved Frederiksen, later Therkildsen), Danish freestyle swimmer, 1918-2007. Seventh in the 1936 Olympic 400 m freestyle final; set the 1,500 m freestyle world record of 22:36.7 in Copenhagen on 26 June 1936, an improvement of 40.5 seconds that stood until 1938.
Gudrun Wegner
Gudrun Wegner (1955-2005), East German swimmer from SC Einheit Dresden; 1972 Olympic 400 m freestyle bronze and 1973 world 400 m IM champion with world record 4:57.51, first woman under five minutes.
Guilherme Guido
Guilherme Augusto Guido, Brazilian backstroke swimmer (born 1987, Limeira), three-time Olympian, 2014 short-course world relay champion and 4x50 medley world record holder, Pinheiros club.
Guillermo Echevarria
Guillermo Echevarría (Guillermo Echevarría Pérez), Mexican distance swimmer (1948–2021), 1964 and 1968 Olympian, sixth in the 1968 1,500 m freestyle final, and 1,500 m freestyle world record holder (16:28.1, Santa Clara, 7 July 1968).
Gunnar Bentz
Gunnar Bentz (Joseph Gunnar Bentz, born 1996) is an American swimmer, two-time Olympian, and Rio 2016 4x200m freestyle relay gold medalist who swam for the University of Georgia.
Gunnar Larsson
Gunnar Larsson (Carl Gunnar Larsson, born 1951, Malmö), Swedish swimmer, 1972 Olympic double individual medley champion; won 400 IM over Tim McKee by 0.002 seconds, prompting FINA's hundredth-second rule. Distinct from the cross-country skier of the same name.
Gunter Tittes
Günter Tittes (Gunter Tittes), East German breaststroke swimmer (1936–2023) of ASK Vorwärts Rostock; 1960 Rome Olympian in the 4x100 medley relay; set the 100 m breaststroke world record of 1:10.8 on 5 July 1961 in East Berlin.
Gunvor Kraft
Gunvor Kraft (Gunvor Bjørnsdatter Kraft-Borup, 1921-1975), Danish freestyle swimmer; gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1938 Europeans in London, two European relay records, and a 1948 Olympic relay non-starter.
Gustav Lexau
Gustav Lexau, German swimmer and water polo player, won gold in the 200 m team swimming at the 1900 Paris Olympics with Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin and placed fifth in water polo with Germany.
Gustavo Borges
Gustavo Borges is a highly decorated Brazilian swimmer who won four Olympic medals across four Games (1992–2004), making him the first Brazilian to earn multiple medals.
Gusztav Kettesy
Gusztav Kettesy (Kettesi Gusztáv, born Kreiker, 1929-2003), Hungarian swimmer; first world and European record holder in the 400 m individual medley (5:38.7 and 5:32.1, 1953, unofficial), 1952 Olympian, 12-time Hungarian champion.
Gyorgy Tumpek
György Tumpek (Tumpeck), Hungarian swimmer, the "dolphin king": 1956 Olympic 200 m butterfly bronze, first 1954 European 200 fly champion, six 100 m butterfly world records with the dolphin kick, later Honvéd coach.
Gyula Dienes
Gyula Dienes (Dienes Gyula), Hungarian freestyle swimmer of the 1930s, BEAC club; swam on the 4x100 m freestyle relay with Kiss, Lengyel, and Csik that set the first official world record, 4:10.2, Budapest, 26 June 1937. Not the pastor, plant pathologist, or railway conductor of the same name.
Gyula Zolyomy
Gyula Zolyomi (Zólyomi Gyula, born 1918), Hungarian freestyle swimmer; non-starter on Hungary's bronze 4x200 m relay at Berlin 1936; set 4x100 m freestyle relay world records of 4:06.6 (1937) and 4:02.0 (1938) with Csik, Korosi, and Grof. Distinct from the 1890-born wrestler of the same name.
Hakan Malmrot
Håkan Malmrot (1900–1987), Swedish breaststroke swimmer for Örebro SS; won 200 m (3:04.4) and 400 m (6:31.8) gold at Antwerp 1920, first Swedish Olympic swimming champion; 400 m breaststroke discontinued after 1920.
Hakan Westesson
Håkan Westesson, Swedish freestyle swimmer of SK Poseidon Lund in the 1950s; 11th in the 100 m freestyle and fourth in the 4×200 m relay at the 1954 European Championships; brother of Olympian Margareta Westesson; distinct from the theater producer and HORSCH manager of the same name.