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Jans Koster
Jans Koster (born 1938) is a Dutch swimmer who set two 1500 m freestyle world records (20:22.8 in 1956, 20:03.1 in 1957) and won the 1958 European 400 m freestyle title in Budapest.
Jarmila Mullerova
Jarmila Müllerová (Müllerová-Suková), Czechoslovak backstroke swimmer, 1901–1944; set 100 m backstroke world record 1:35.0 in Prague, 29 July 1923, and placed fifth at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Jason Lezak
Jason Lezak is a retired American sprint freestyle swimmer who won eight Olympic medals, four gold, across four Games from 2000 to 2012, best known for his 2008 relay anchor leg.
Jasper Aerents
Jasper Aerents, Belgian sprint freestyle swimmer born 1992 in Ghent; two-time Olympian (2012, 2016), 2013 short course 4x50 m freestyle relay world record holder, four European relay bronzes, retired with four Belgian records.
Jay Mortenson
Jay Paul Mortenson (born 1966) is an American former swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 m medley relay at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, swam for Stanford, and later became a Los Angeles investment banker.
Jean Boiteux
Jean Boiteux (1933–2010) was a French freestyle swimmer who won the 400 m freestyle at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, becoming France's first Olympic swimming champion.
Jean Pierre Curtillet
Jean Pierre Curtillet is the name variant of Jean-Pascal Curtillet, a French freestyle swimmer, born 1942 in Algiers, who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.
Jean Taris
Jean Taris was a French freestyle swimmer who won silver in the 400 meters freestyle at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and held seven world records.
Jeanette Ottesen
Jeanette Ottesen (Ottesen Gray), born 1987 in Kongens Lyngby, is Denmark's most decorated swimmer: 53 championship medals, five Olympics, world titles in 100m freestyle (2011) and 50m butterfly (2013), Olympic relay bronze 2016, retired 2021.
Jed Graef
Jed Graef, born Jedward Richard Graef in 1942, is an American backstroke swimmer who won the 200-meter gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in world-record 2:10.3.
Jeff Farrell
Jeff Farrell (Felix Jeffrey Farrell, born 1937, Detroit) is an American swimmer who won two 1960 Rome Olympic golds anchoring world-record relays six weeks after an appendectomy, then set 27 masters world records.
Jeff Float
Jeff Float (Jeffrey James Float, born 1960, Buffalo, New York) is a deaf American swimmer who won 10 golds at the 1977 World Games for the Deaf and Olympic gold in the 1984 4x200m freestyle relay world record (7:15.69).
Jeff Kostoff
Jeff Kostoff (Jeffrey James Kostoff, born 1965) is an American swimmer, two-time Olympian in the 400 IM (1984, 1988), five-time NCAA champion at Stanford, and later coach at Indiana and Stanford.
Jeff Rouse
Jeff Rouse (born 1970), American backstroke swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medalist (1992, 1996) and 100 m backstroke world record holder 1991–1999; Stanford NCAA champion and Hall of Famer.
Jemma Lowe
Jemma Lowe (born 1990, Hartlepool), British butterfly swimmer; Olympian 2008 and 2012, 2010 Commonwealth bronze for Wales, 2014 mixed medley relay world record holder, retired 2017.
Jenna Johnson
Jenna Leigh Johnson (Jenna Johnson-Younker), American swimmer born 1967 in Santa Rosa, California; Stanford swimmer who won two relay golds and 100 butterfly silver at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, plus 1986 World Championship silvers.
Jennie Fletcher
Jennie Fletcher (1890–1968), English swimmer of Leicester Ladies SC, won bronze in the 100 m freestyle and gold in the 4×100 m relay at Stockholm 1912, Britain's first women's Olympic swimming medalist.
Jenny Kemp
Jenny Kemp (Jennifer Jo Kemp), American swimmer born 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio; Cincinnati Marlins backstroker who switched to freestyle, won 1972 Olympic gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay in world-record 3:55.19, and took 1975 Pan Am bronze in 100 m backstroke.
Jenny Thompson
Jenny Thompson (Jennifer Elisabeth Thompson, born 1973) is an American swimmer with 12 Olympic medals, 8 gold, all golds in relays, across 1992-2004; later a pediatric anesthesiologist.
Jenny Turrall
Jenny Turrall (Jenny Lynnette Turrall-Wetton), Australian swimmer born 1960, set 800m and 1500m freestyle world records as a 13-year-old, won 800m gold at the 1975 Cali World Championships, and 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games 400m freestyle gold.
Jens-Peter Berndt
Jens-Peter Berndt (born 1963, Potsdam) is a German former swimmer, 400 m individual medley world record holder (4:19.61, 1984) for East Germany, who defected to the US in 1985 and swam for West Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Jeremy Linn
Jeremy Porter Linn (born 1975, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American former breaststroke swimmer, 1996 Olympic silver medalist in the 100 m breaststroke and gold medalist in the world-record 4x100 m medley relay; not the basketball player Jeremy Lin.
Jeremy Stravius
Jérémy Stravius, French swimmer (born 1988, Abbeville), Amiens MN club; 2012 Olympic 4x100m freestyle relay gold, 2011 Shanghai 100m backstroke co-world champion with Camille Lacourt; retired after London 2012 and Rio 2016 career.
Jerry Heidenreich
Jerry Heidenreich (Jerôme Alan Heidenreich, 1950–2002), American swimmer and SMU star who won two relay golds, 100 m freestyle silver, and 100 m butterfly bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics, setting six world records in relays.
Jess Schipper
Jess Schipper, born 1986, is a retired Australian butterfly swimmer who won two Olympic relay golds and set world records in the 200 m butterfly.
Jesse Vassallo
Jesse Vassallo (Jesus David Vassallo Anadón), Puerto Rican-born American swimmer, 1978 World Swimmer of the Year; set 200 and 400 IM world records, won 1978 Worlds golds, missed 1980 Olympics by boycott, 1997 ISHOF inductee.
Jessica Hardy
Jessica Hardy (Jessica Adele Hardy Meichtry, born 1987) is a retired American swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold and bronze medalist, and former 50m and 100m breaststroke world record holder who missed the 2008 Olympics on a clenbuterol positive.
Jessica Long
Jessica Tatiana Long (born Tatiana Olegovna Kirillova, 1992, Bratsk, Russia) is an American S8 Paralympic swimmer, six-time Paralympian with 30 medals including 17 gold, adopted from a Russian orphanage and raised in Baltimore.
Jia Yuanyuan
Jia Yuanyuan (贾媛媛), Chinese backstroke swimmer born 1978; won three relay golds and 200 m backstroke silver at the 1993 short-course world championships, setting a 4x100 m freestyle relay world record.
Jiao Liuyang
Jiao Liuyang (焦刘洋), Chinese butterfly swimmer born 1991 in Harbin; 2008 Olympic silver and 2012 Olympic gold in the 200 m butterfly (2:04.06, Olympic record), plus world-record medley relay and four Asian Games golds.