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Jill Sterkel
Jill Sterkel (Gillian Ann Sterkel), born 1961, American swimmer, first woman on four US Olympic swim teams (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988); two relay golds, two bronzes; later Texas head coach.
Jim Mcconica
Jim McConica, American Masters swimmer from Ventura, California, Ventura County Masters; 46 FINA Masters world records, six NCAA titles at USC, English and Catalina Channel crossings, 2008 Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee.
Jim Montgomery
Jim Montgomery (James Paul Montgomery, born 1955), American swimmer; first man under 50 seconds in the 100 m freestyle (49.99, Montreal 1976), three Olympic golds, five 1973 world titles, later a Dallas Masters coach and swim school founder.
Jim Piper
Jim Alan Piper, Australian breaststroke swimmer born 1981 in Campbelltown; 2002 short-course world 200 m breaststroke champion, 3:28.12 medley relay world record, Athens 2004 Olympian.
Jiro Nagasawa
Jiro Nagasawa (長沢二郎), Japanese swimmer (1932-2010) who devised the dolphin kick, creating modern butterfly; 6th in 200 m breaststroke at Helsinki 1952 and 200 m butterfly world record holder.
Jo Harshbarger
Jo Ann Harshbarger (later Carson), born 1956, American distance freestyle swimmer; 1972 Olympian, world record holder in 800 m and 1,500 m freestyle, 1973 World Championships silver medalist.
Joachim Balke
Joachim Ludwig "Jochen" Balke (1917–1944), German breaststroke swimmer of SV Westfalen Dortmund; sixth in the 200 m breaststroke at Berlin 1936, 1938 European champion, and 100 m breaststroke world best of 1:09.5 in 1938; missing in action near Veliky Novgorod in 1944.
Joakim Holmqvist
Joakim Holmqvist (Holmquist), born 1969, Swedish sprint freestyle swimmer; two Olympics (Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992), short course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record 3:14.00 (1989), and nine European sprint titles.
Joan Harrison
Joan Cynthia Harrison was a South African swimmer who won the 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the first South African swimmer to win Olympic gold.
Joan Pennington
Joan Pennington, American swimmer from Franklin, Tennessee; 1978 World champion in the 100m butterfly (1:00.20 CR), 1980 U.S. Olympic Team member (boycotted), Texas Longhorn, Broderick Award winner.
Joan Spillane
Joan Spillane (Joan Arlene Spillane-Postma), American swimmer born 1943 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey; 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, swimming the first stage of a world-record 4:08.9 team.
Joann Baker
Joann Baker (Joann Elaine Baker, later Anderson), born 1960 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, is a Canadian swimmer who placed 7th in the 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and won two silver medals at the 1975 Pan American Games.
Joaquin Fernandez
Joaquin Fernandez, full name Joaquín Fernández Corredor, is a Spanish former breaststroke swimmer from Mataró, Barcelona, who represented Spain at three consecutive Olympics from 1988 to 1996.
Jodie Henry
Jodie Henry (Jodie Clare Henry, later Notting), Australian swimmer born 1983 in Brisbane; triple gold medallist and three-time world record setter at Athens 2004, first Australian woman since Dawn Fraser to win Olympic 100m freestyle; retired 2009.
Joe Alkire
Joe Alkire is an American swimmer listed in the men's 100 m freestyle long course world record progression with 55.10 set 1 June 1960, and in CIF Southern Section records for San Diego, 1959-1960.
Joe Bartoch
Joe Bartoch is a retired Canadian butterfly swimmer from London, Ontario, who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and held the Canadian 100-meter butterfly record.
Joe Bottom
Joe Bottom (Joseph Stuart Bottom, born 1955) is an American swimmer, 1976 Olympic 100m butterfly silver medalist, and former world record-holder in the 100 fly (54.18), 50 free, and both 4x100 relays; ISHOF 2006.
Joe Hudepohl
Joe Hudepohl (Joseph Bernard Hudepohl, born 1973, Cincinnati) is an American freestyle swimmer who won two Olympic golds (4x100 relay 1992, 4x200 relay 1996) and a bronze, set a 3:15.11 4x100 freestyle relay world record in 1995, and starred for St. Xavier High and Stanford.
Joe Ruddy
Joe Ruddy (Joseph Aloysius Ruddy Sr., 1878-1962), American swimmer and water polo player who won two 1904 Olympic golds (water polo, 4x50y relay) for the New York Athletic Club, later its legendary coach and an ISHOF honoree.
Joe Verdeur
Joe Verdeur (Joseph Thomas Verdeur, 1926-1991), American swimmer, 1948 Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m breaststroke (2:39.3 Olympic record), holder of 19 world records in breaststroke and butterfly, La Salle NCAA champion.
Joel Greenshields
Joel Greenshields (born 1988, Edson, Alberta) is a Canadian Olympic swimmer, 100 m freestyle specialist; 23rd at Beijing 2008, 2009 short-course 4x200 m freestyle relay world record holder, 2008 NCAA champion with Arizona.
Johan Kenkhuis
Johan Kenkhuis (born 1980, Vriezenveen) is a Dutch former freestyle swimmer, two-time Olympian, with relay silver at Athens 2004 and bronze at Sydney 2000, later SwimGym owner.
Johannes Liebmann
Johannes Wilhel Liebmann (b. 21 March 2007, Eckernförde) is a German swimmer, SC Magdeburg, holding the 1500 m freestyle world record (14:26.79, Paris 2026) and 2026 European titles over 800 m and 1500 m freestyle.
John Devitt
John Thomas Devitt (1937-2023), Australian freestyle sprint swimmer; two Olympic golds (1956 relay, 1960 100m), 14 world records; his controversial 1960 win over Lance Larson spurred electronic timing.
John Ferris
John Edward Ferris (1949-2020), American swimmer, 1968 Mexico City Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly and 200 m individual medley, and 1967 world record-holder in the 200 m butterfly (2:06.0).
John Hargis
John Lawson Hargis (born 1975), American butterfly and backstroke swimmer; 1996 Olympic gold in the 4x100 m medley relay (heats), 1998 Worlds silver, Auburn All-American, later Penn State and Pittsburgh head coach.
John Hencken
John Hencken, an American competition swimmer, competed for Santa Clara Swim Club and Stanford University. He won multiple Olympic medals and set 13 world records.
John Jarvis
John Arthur Jarvis (1872-1933), English swimmer and water polo player; won 1,000m and 4,000m freestyle and water polo gold at Paris 1900, plus 1906 Intercalated medals; 108 championships, Jarvis-Nuttall kick.
John Kinsella
John Pitann Kinsella, American freestyle swimmer from Oak Park, Illinois; 1968 Olympic 1500m silver, 1972 relay gold, first under 16 minutes for 1500m (1970), and World Professional Marathon Champion 1975-1979 who swam the English Channel in 9:10.
John Konrads
John Konrads (Jānis Konrads, 1942-2021), Latvian-born Australian swimmer, 1960 Olympic 1500m freestyle champion with two Rome bronzes; with sister Ilsa set 37 world records as the Konrads Kids.