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Iris Komar
Iris Komar, East German freestyle swimmer, won 1970 European 4x100 m relay gold in world-record 4:00.8; later Dr. paed. (Leipzig 1993), sport psychologist, and author of the Schwimmbibliothek coaching series.
Irma Heijting Schuhmacher
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (Irma Schuhmacher), Dutch freestyle swimmer (1925-2014): Olympic relay bronze 1948 and silver 1952, 1950 European 100 m freestyle champion, 3x100 m medley relay world record holder; emigrated to Queensland, Australia in 1952.
Isaac Cooper
Isaac Cooper is an Australian swimmer born in 2004, specializing in backstroke. He is a 2024 gold medalist and short-course world record holder in the 4x100m medley relay.
Istvan Barany
Istvan Barany was a Hungarian swimmer who won 100 meter freestyle silver at the 1928 Olympics and became the first European to swim that distance in under one minute.
Istvan Korosi
István Kőrösi (1915–2005) was a Hungarian freestyle swimmer who won bronze in the 100 meter at the 1938 European Championships in London and held a 4 × 100 meter relay world record.
Ivar Stukolkin
Ivar Stukolkin (Ивар Всеволодович Стуколкин), Estonian swimmer for the Soviet Union, born 1960 in Tallinn; won 4×200 m freestyle relay gold and 400 m freestyle bronze at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Estonia's only swimming Olympic medals.
Jack Alexy
Jack Alexy (John Carroll Alexy, born 2003) is an American sprint freestyle swimmer, 6'8", from Morristown, NJ, who swims for Cal. Olympic gold in the 4x100 free relay at Paris 2024; American records 45.05 (25m) and 46.81 (50m) in the 100 free.
Jack Babashoff
Jack Babashoff (Jack Babashoff, Jr.), American sprint freestyle swimmer born 1955 in Whittier, California; 1976 Olympic 100 m freestyle silver medalist and world-record-setting relay swimmer, brother of Shirley Babashoff.
Jack Hatfield
Jack Hatfield (John Gatenby Hatfield, 1893-1965), English swimmer from Middlesbrough; double silver and relay bronze at Stockholm 1912, five world records 1912-1914, four Olympics, Hall of Fame inductee.
Jack Kasley
Jack Kasley (John Hare Kasley, 1916-1989), American breaststroke swimmer, University of Michigan, NCAA champion 1935-37, world record 2:37.2 in 200 m breaststroke (1936), 10th at Berlin 1936 Olympics.
Jack Medica
Jack Chapman Medica (1914-1985), American freestyle swimmer from Seattle; 1936 Berlin Olympic 400m freestyle champion and double silver medalist; set 11 world records and coached Columbia and Penn.
Jack Wardrop
Jack Wardrop (John Caldwell Wardrop, born 26 May 1932), Scottish swimmer for Great Britain at the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Olympics; world record holder in 400 yards IM and 200m freestyle, Michigan NCAA champion.
Jacques Cartonnet
Jacques Cartonnet (1911–1967) was a French breaststroke swimmer who set multiple world records in the 1930s and later became a Vichy militia propagandist implicated in denouncing rival Alfred Nakache.
Jade Edmistone
Jade Edmistone (born 1982 in Brisbane) is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer who held 50 m breaststroke world records and won four world titles, retiring in 2009.
Jake Tapp
Jake Tapp (born 1988) is a Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer from Langley, BC, a Beijing 2008 Olympian (31st, 100m backstroke) and 2009 short-course 4x100m medley relay world record-holder, later a US college coach.
James Guy
James Guy is a British competitive swimmer specializing in freestyle and butterfly who won three Olympic golds in relays and the 200 m freestyle title at the 2015 World Championships.
James Hickman
James Hickman, English swimmer (born 1976, Stockport), five-time world short-course 200m butterfly champion 1997-2004, short-course world record holder 100m and 200m fly, three-time British Olympian.
James Magnussen
James Magnussen (The Missile), Australian sprint freestyle swimmer born 1991 in Port Macquarie; first Australian 100m freestyle world champion (2011, 2013), London 2012 Olympic silver, Rio 2016 relay bronze; retired 2019, then finished last in both sprints at the doped 2026 Enhanced Games.
Jamie Perkins
Jamie Perkins (born 2005, Nambour, Queensland) is an Australian freestyle swimmer and surf lifesaver, Olympic gold medallist in the 4x200m freestyle relay at Paris 2024 and world champion in the same event at Singapore 2025.
Jan Andrew
Jan Andrew (Janice Andrew, later Thornett), Australian swimmer born 1943 in Lindfield, NSW; won 100m butterfly bronze and medley relay silver at Rome 1960, and held the 100m butterfly world record (1:08.9, Tokyo, April 1961).
Jan Andsberg
Jan Andsberg (Jan Gunnar Andsberg, born 1934) is a Swedish former swimmer for SK Poseidon, Lund, and in 1953 became Sweden's first 400 m medley world-record swimmer at 5:31.0; also a national freestyle and backstroke finalist.
Jan Henne
Jan Henne (Jan Margo Henne-Hawkins), American swimmer born 1947 in Oakland, California; 1968 Olympic gold in 100 m freestyle and 4x100 m freestyle relay, silver 200 m freestyle, bronze 200 m IM; former breaststroker, ISHOF honoree.
Jane Barkman
Jane Barkman (Jane Louise Barkman Brown), American swimmer born 1951 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and 200 m freestyle bronze in 1968.
Jane Cederqvist
Jane Cederqvist (1945–2023), Swedish distance freestyle swimmer for SK Neptun; won 400 m freestyle silver at Rome 1960 aged 15, set 800 m and 1,500 m world records, first woman and youngest ever Svenska Dagbladet Bragdguldet recipient.
Janet Evans
Janet Evans (born 1971), American distance swimmer; four Olympic golds and one silver (1988-1996), seven world records in the 400, 800, and 1,500 m freestyle that stood about two decades; LA28 Chief Athlete Officer.
Jang Gyu Cheol
Jang Gyu Cheol (장규철, Chang Gyu-cheol), born 1992, South Korean butterfly swimmer; 2010 Youth Olympic 100 m butterfly champion, 2012 Olympian, former Korean record holder in 100 m and 200 m butterfly.
Jani Sievinen
Jani Sievinen (born 1974, Vihti, Finland) is a retired Finnish swimmer, 1996 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m individual medley and 1994 long-course world champion in world record 1:58.16, plus short-course world record holder.
Janie Wagstaff
Janie Wagstaff (Elizabeth Jane Wagstaff), American backstroke swimmer born 1974 in Kansas City, Missouri; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, 1991 world champion in the same relay, later a Colorado State veterinary student.
Janine Belton
Janine Belton (Janine Claire Belton, later Usher), born 1979 in Bradford, is a British swimmer who won gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2001 Fukuoka World Championships and set a short-course world record of 7:47.14, after finishing 10th at Atlanta 1996 and 6th at Sydney 2000.
Janine Pietsch
Janine Pietsch (born 1982, Berlin) is a German backstroke swimmer of SC Delphin Ingolstadt; world record 50 m backstroke 28.19 (2005), double 2006 short-course world champion, 2006 European champion, 2004 Olympian.