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Alena Rudkouskaya
Alena Rudkouskaya, also known as Yelena Grigoryevna Rudkovskaya, is a Belarusian swimmer born in 1973 who won the 100-meter breaststroke gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Alessandro Miressi
Alessandro Miressi, Italian swimmer born 1998 in Turin, 100 m freestyle specialist. Three Olympic relay medals (Tokyo 2020 silver and bronze, Paris 2024 bronze), European 100 free champion 2018, short-course 4x100 free world record 3:02.75.
Alessia Filippi
Alessia Filippi (born 1987, Rome), Italian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist in the 800 m freestyle at Beijing 2008 and 2009 world champion in the 1500 m freestyle; former short-course 800 m world record holder (8:04.53).
Alex Baumann (olympedia 45912)
Alex Baumann (Sasha), born 1964 in Prague, is a Czechoslovakia-born Canadian swimmer, double 1984 Olympic gold medalist (200/400 m IM, both world records), Canada's first swimming gold since 1912, later a sport administrator in Australia and New Zealand.
Alex Jany
Alex Jany (Alexandre Charles Sixte Jany, 1929–2001), French freestyle swimmer and water polo player; double Olympic 4x200 m relay bronze medalist (1948, 1952), European 100/400 m champion 1947 and 1950, holder of seven world records.
Alex Shackell
Alex Shackell (Alexandra Shackell, born 2006), American swimmer from Carmel, Indiana; 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 medley relay and silver in the 4x200 free relay; butterfly specialist, Indiana University swimmer, daughter of 1996 GB Olympian Nick Shackell.
Alex Walsh
Alex Walsh (Alexandra Jane Walsh, born 2001, Nashville) is an American swimmer, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist in the 200m IM, 2022 world champion, 19-time NCAA champion for Virginia, and older sister of Gretchen Walsh.
Alexander Chaev
Alexander Chaev (Aleksandr Yuryevich Chayev, Александр Юрьевич Чаев), Soviet freestyle swimmer born 1962 in Voronezh; 1980 Olympic silver medalist in the 1,500 m freestyle behind Vladimir Salnikov, 1981 European 4×200 m relay champion.
Alexander Dzhaburiya
Alexander Dzhaburiya, also known as Oleksandr Dzhaburiya, is a Ukrainian breaststroke swimmer who set a 27.61-second world best in the 50 m breaststroke and competed at the 1996 Olympics.
Alexandre Massura
Alexandre Massura (Alexandre Massura Neto), Brazilian backstroke and freestyle swimmer born 1975 in São Bernardo do Campo; two-time Olympian (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000), 1995 short-course world relay champion, 1998 short-course 4x100 freestyle world record holder, 1999 Pan Am gold and silver medalist, University of Minnesota Hall of Famer.
Alfred Nakache
Alfred Nakache (Artem Nakache, 1915-1983), French Algerian Jewish swimmer: 1936 and 1948 Olympian, 200m breaststroke world record holder (2:36.8, 1941), Auschwitz survivor whose wife and daughter were gassed.
Alfred Spengler
Alfred Spengler, East German swimmer from Halle (club Motor Mitte Halle), set the first GDR swimming world record: 400 m individual medley, 5:18.3, 22 April 1954, Dresden, beating Maurice Lusien's mark by nine seconds.
Alia Atkinson
Alia Shanee Atkinson, born 1988, Jamaican breaststroke swimmer; five-time Olympian (2004-2020), four-time short-course world champion, and former 50m and 100m SCM breaststroke world record holder; retired 2022.
Alice Mills
Alice Mills (Alice Mary Mills, later Tait), Australian swimmer born 1986 in Brisbane; two Olympic relay golds at Athens 2004, bronze at Beijing 2008, world records in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, retired 2012.
Alicia Coutts
Alicia Coutts (Alicia Jayne Coutts), Australian swimmer born 1987 in Brisbane, medley-butterfly-freestyle specialist. Five Olympic medals at London 2012 including 4x100m freestyle relay gold; five golds at Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games; retired after Rio 2016.
Allen Stack
Allen Stack (Allen McIntyre Stack, 1928–1999), American backstroke swimmer; 1948 Olympic 100 m backstroke gold medalist in 1:06.4, six world records, 1951 Pan Am double gold, later a Honolulu lawyer.
Allison Higson
Allison Higson (Allison Ann Higson-Cavanaugh, born 1973), Canadian swimmer; set 200 m breaststroke world record 2:27.27 at 15 in 1988, youngest Commonwealth Games gold medalist at 13, Olympic medley relay bronze at Seoul 1988.
Allison Schmitt
Allison Rodgers Schmitt, American swimmer, four-time Olympian (2008–2020) with 10 Olympic medals including 4 gold; 2012 Olympic 200m freestyle champion in 1:53.61; mental health advocate.
Allison Wagner
Allison Marie Wagner, American swimmer born 1977 in Gainesville, Florida; 1996 Olympic 400 m IM silver medalist; set short-course 200 m IM world record 2:07.79 in 1993; later USADA Director of Athlete and International Relations.
Alva Colquhoun
Alva Colquhoun (Alva Merlin Colquhoun, married name Wyatt, 1942-2025), Australian freestyle swimmer; silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay at Rome 1960 swimming anchor, world record 4:16.2 in Townsville 1960, and three medals at the 1958 Cardiff Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Alyssa Anderson
Alyssa Anderson, born in 1990 in Santa Clara, California, is an American former freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 200 meter relay at the 2012 London Olympics.
Amanda Beard
Amanda Beard (Amanda Ray Beard-Brown, born 1981), American breaststroke swimmer, four-time Olympian (1996-2008) with 7 Olympic medals including 2004 200m breaststroke gold in world record time; later model and memoirist.
Amanda Reason
Amanda Reason, Canadian swimmer born 1993, set a 50m breaststroke world record of 30.23 in 2009 and swam 4x200m freestyle relay, 4th, at London 2012; later an Etobicoke coach.
Amanda Weir
Amanda Weir (Amanda Jo Weir-Davis), American sprint freestyle swimmer born 1986 in Davenport, Iowa; three-time Olympian (2004, 2012, 2016) with 4 Olympic relay medals (3 silver, 1 bronze) and 22 total AQUA/Olympic medals.
Amaury Leveaux
Amaury Leveaux, French sprint swimmer (born 1985, Delle), Mulhouse ON; Olympic 4x100 m freestyle relay gold London 2012, three silvers; short course world records 20.48, 44.94, 22.18 set at Rijeka 2008.
Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van Dyken (born 1973, Denver) is an American swimmer with six Olympic gold medals and no other Olympic medals; first American woman to win four golds at one Games (Atlanta 1996), paralyzed in a 2014 ATV accident.
Anders Holmertz
Anders Holmertz (Anders Sören Holmertz) is a Swedish former swimmer, born 1968 in Motala, who won five Olympic medals, four silver and one bronze, from 1988 to 1996.
Andras Baronyi
András Baronyi (1892–1944), Hungarian swimmer and athlete, set the first official 100 m breaststroke world record in 1907 and a 100 m backstroke record in 1911; not the runner András Bárány or the footballer.
Andras Hargitay
Andras Hargitay (Hargitay András), Hungarian swimmer born 1956 in Budapest, nicknamed Hares: 1972 Olympic 400 IM bronze, world champion 1973 and 1975, former 400 IM world record holder, later veterinarian and national coach.
Andras Szekely
Andras Szekely (András Székely, born Szmuk András, 1910–1943), Hungarian freestyle swimmer; 1932 Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay bronze, 1931 European relay gold and 100m silver; murdered at Chernihiv labor camp.