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Katinka Hosszú
Katinka Hosszú (Iron Lady), Hungarian swimmer born 1989 in Pécs; triple Olympic champion at Rio 2016 (100 back, 200/400 IM), four straight world 200/400 IM titles, 97 medals, retired January 2025.
Katrin Meißner
Katrin Meißner (born 1973, East Berlin), German swimmer; double 1988 Olympic relay gold medalist for East Germany and 50 m freestyle bronze medalist; also swam for reunified Germany at Sydney 2000; 2002 world record 4x100 m freestyle relay 3:36.00.
Katrina Konopka
Katrina Konopka (born 1997) is an American sprint freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Greenville, South Carolina. She won gold and set a world record in the 4x50m medley relay at the 2016 short-course World Championships, swam for Arizona, and later competed in the ISL.
Katsuki Ishihara
Katsuki Ishihara (石原勝記), born 10 March 1939 in Kumamoto, is a Japanese swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1960 Rome Olympics, placed fourth in the 1964 freestyle relay, and set a 1957 medley relay world record.
Katsunori Kenjo
Katsunori Kenjo (剣城 克則), Japanese freestyle swimmer; swam in the 4x200m freestyle relay world record team (8:18.7, Osaka, 26 July 1959) with Yamanaka, Fukui, and Fujimoto; record broken July 1960.
Katy Murdoch
Katy Murdoch (born 1987), Calgary backstroke swimmer for the U of Calgary Dinos; set Canadian 100m backstroke records (56.88 SC, 58.67 CIS), 200m back 2:06.81, world-record 4x100m medley relay 2009, three Universiade medals, now a CFA investment counsellor at Mawer.
Kaye Hall
Kaye Hall (Kaye Marie Hall-Greff, born 1951, Tacoma, Washington), American swimmer; 1968 Olympic gold in 100 m backstroke (world record 1:06.2) and medley relay, bronze in 200 m backstroke; first woman under 1:00 for 100-yard backstroke.
Kazuo Tomita
Kazuo Tomita (富田一雄, born 1 January 1939, Kurume, Japan), Japanese backstroke swimmer; bronze in 4x100 m medley relay at 1960 Rome Olympics, 1958 and 1962 Asian Games gold medalist, former medley relay world record holder.
Keegan Walkley
Keegan Walkley (Keegan Walkley Ingelido), American swimmer: 1999 NCAA 200-yard backstroke champion for Georgia, 2000 world-record 4x100 m medley relay, four SEC 200-back titles, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials finalist, later TCU assistant coach.
Keiji Hase
Keiji Hase (長谷 景治), born 3 July 1935, is a Japanese former backstroke swimmer for Waseda University who placed =9th in the 100 m backstroke at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and won three Asian Games golds.
Kelly Asplund
Kelly Asplund is an American swimmer who set the women's 50 m freestyle world record, 26.53, on April 10, 1980 in Austin, Texas; a Stanford All-American, NCAA relay champion, and later USMS masters record holder.
Kelsi Dahlia
Kelsi Worrell (Kelsi Dahlia), American butterfly swimmer born 1994 in New Jersey; 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, first woman under 50 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, and short-course 100 fly world record holder (54.59, 2021).
Ken Merten
Ken Merten (Kenneth Owen Merten, born 1945, Akron, Ohio) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 1968 US Olympian, 1967 NCAA 100/200-yard breaststroke champion for SMU, Pan American and Universiade medalist.
Ken Walsh
Ken Walsh (Kenneth Marshall Walsh), born 1945, American swimmer; 1968 Olympic gold in 4x100 freestyle and medley relays, silver in 100 m freestyle; 100 m freestyle world record 52.6 in 1967.
Kenrick Monk
Kenrick Monk (born 1988, Blacktown, NSW) is an Australian swimmer and coach, two-time Olympian (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2008 short-course world 200m freestyle champion, and 4x200m relay short-course world record holder, now head coach at Caulfield Aquatics.
Kevin Berry
Kevin Berry (1945–2006), Australian butterfly swimmer, won the 200 m butterfly gold at Tokyo 1964 in world record 2:06.6, Australia's first butterfly gold; later SMH photographer and ABC head of sport.
Kevin Cordes
Kevin Cordes (born 1993, Chicago) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, four-time NCAA 100-yard breaststroke champion for Arizona, and seven-medal World Championships swimmer.
Kiah Melverton
Kiah Melverton, full name Kiah Shenea Melverton, is an Australian middle- and distance freestyle swimmer who won world and Commonwealth relay gold and retired in 2024.
Kieran Bird
Kieran Bird (born 1999, Bicester, England) is a British freestyle swimmer and two-time Olympian for Team GB. He won gold in the men's 4x200 m freestyle relay at Paris 2024 as a heat swimmer and the 2022 European mixed relay title.
Kieran Smith
Kieran Smith (born 2000, Sydney) is an American swimmer, Florida Gators product, Tokyo 2020 400m freestyle bronze medalist, Paris 2024 4x200m relay silver medalist, and 2022 short course 400m free world champion.
Kieren Perkins
Kieren Perkins (born 1973, Brisbane), nicknamed Superfish, Australian 1500m freestyle great: Olympic gold 1992 and 1996, silver 2000, 11 world records, now CEO of the Australian Sports Commission.
Kim Black
Kim Black (Kimberly A. Black, born 1978, Liverpool, New York) is an American freestyle swimmer, 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, and five-time Universiade gold winner.
Kim Busch
Kim Busch (Kim Anna-Lisa Busch, born 1998, Dordrecht) is a Dutch sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer for PSV, world champion in the 2024 Doha 4x100 m freestyle relay and short-course 4x50 m freestyle relay world record holder (1:32.50, 2020).
Kim Linehan
Kim Linehan (Kimberley Ann Linehan, born 1962) is an American distance freestyle swimmer who held 400m and 1500m world records, won 1982 world 800m gold, was kept from the 1980 Olympics by the US boycott, and placed fourth in the 1984 400m freestyle.
Kim Peyton
Kim Peyton (Kimberley Marie Peyton-McDonald, 1957–1986), American freestyle swimmer from Hood River, Oregon; 1976 Olympic gold medalist and world-record lead-off leg in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Montréal.
Kirill Prigoda
Kirill Prigoda (Кирилл Пригода) is a Russian breaststroke swimmer born in 1995 in St. Petersburg, a two-time Olympian and former short-course 200 m world record holder.
Kirk Palmer
Kirk Palmer, Australian freestyle swimmer (born 1986, Central Coast NSW), 4x200 m relay specialist; Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze, 2008 Manchester short-course world champion, 2007 short-course world record 6:52.66.
Klara Killermann Bartos
Klára Killermann-Bartos (Killermann Klára, Bartos Győzőné, 1929–2012), Hungarian breaststroke swimmer; three-time Olympian (1952–1960), 1954 European 200 m breaststroke bronze medalist, and holder of three 4×100 m medley relay world records.
Klaus Katzur
Klaus Katzur (1943–2016), East German breaststroke swimmer from Potsdam; silver in the 4×100 m medley relay at Munich 1972, double European champion 1970, later chaired the Association of German Olympians.
Klaus Steinbach
Klaus Steinbach, born 1953, West German freestyle swimmer, 1972 Olympic silver and 1976 bronze in relays, 1975 world champion, first under 50 s for 100 m freestyle short course, later NOK president 2002-2006 and orthopedic surgeon.