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Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (born 1982) is an American former backstroke swimmer, Stanford graduate, and short-course specialist with 47 AQUA medals, eight world records including 100m back marks of 49.94 and 49.63, now a freediver and ocean conservationist in Cape Town.
Peter Nocke
Peter Nocke (born 1955, Langenberg) is a retired West German freestyle swimmer, Wasserfreunde Wuppertal; two Olympic bronzes at Montreal 1976, 1975 world champion 4x200 m freestyle relay, nine European titles.
Peter Rocca
Peter Rocca (Peter Drake Rocca, born 1957, Oakland, California) is an American former backstroke swimmer: double 1976 Olympic silver medalist (100 and 200 m back, behind John Naber), 1975 and 1979 Pan Am gold medalist, 1979 NCAA 200-yard backstroke champion for Cal, and 1980 Olympic team captain lost to the boycott.
Peter Sintz
Peter Vaughan Sintz (born 1940 or 1941), American freestyle swimmer: 1959 Pan Am gold 4x200 relay, world-record relays with Indianapolis AC, two Big Ten titles for Indiana, later a Mobile, Alabama lawyer and USMS masters champion.
Peter Sitt
Peter Sitt (born 1969, Cologne) is a German freestyle swimmer, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, 1991 world champion in the same relay, and former 4x200 m freestyle relay world record holder.
Peter Szmidt
Peter Szmidt (Peter Charles Szmidt), Canadian freestyle swimmer born 1961 in Montréal; set the 400 m freestyle world record 3:50.49 in 1980 and swam at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Peter Vanderkaay
Peter William Vanderkaay, American middle-distance freestyle swimmer born 1984 in Royal Oak, Michigan; three-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012) with two relay golds and two individual bronzes, five-time NCAA champion for Michigan.
Petra Dallmann
Petra Dallmann (born 1978, Freiburg im Breisgau), German freestyle swimmer; 2004 Olympic bronze in 4x200 m relay, 2001 world champion, five European titles, world-record relay legs; now a sport psychiatrist and co-founder of Athletes in Mind.
Petra Thumer
Petra Thümer (Petra Thumer), East German swimmer born 1961, won 1976 Olympic gold in 400 and 800 m freestyle over Shirley Babashoff, set five world records, and later admitted GDR doping recipient.
Petra van Staveren
Petra van Staveren (Petronella Grietje van Staveren, born 1966, Kampen) is a Dutch breaststroke swimmer, 1984 Los Angeles Olympic champion in the 100 m breaststroke in an Olympic record 1:09.88, the first Dutch swimming gold since 1968.
Petria Thomas
Petria Thomas is an Australian former butterfly swimmer who won eight Olympic medals and nine Commonwealth Games gold medals, later serving as Chef de Mission for Birmingham 2022.
Phil Riker
Phil Riker (Philip Riker III, born 1946), American butterfly swimmer from Paterson, New Jersey; fourth in the 200 m butterfly at Tokyo 1964, 1965 Universiade gold and silver medalist, and 1966 NCAA 100-yard fly champion for North Carolina.
Phillip Rogers
Phillip (Philip John) Rogers, born 1971 in Adelaide, Australian breaststroke swimmer; triple Olympian with bronze medals at Barcelona 1992 (100m breaststroke) and Atlanta 1996 (4x100m medley relay), two world relay titles, and 48 Australian national titles; distinct from Canadian 1932 Olympic sailor Philip Tingley Rogers.
Phyllis Harding
Phyllis Harding (Phyllis May Harding, later Turner, 1907-1992), English backstroke swimmer: 1924 Olympic 100m backstroke silver, first woman in four Olympics, 1932 world records at 100m and 200m backstroke, Empire Games golds, ISHOF 1995.
Piero Codia
Piero Codia, Italian butterfly swimmer born 1989 in Trieste. European 100m butterfly champion (Glasgow 2018, Italian record 50.64), 2022 world champion in the 4x100m medley relay, Rio 2016 Olympian, retired 2024.
Pierre Dumesnil
Pierre Dumesnil, sporting name of Pierre Joly dit Dumesnil (born 10 December 1931), French breaststroke swimmer of Racing Club de France, 17th in the 200 m breaststroke at Helsinki 1952 and member of two 1953 French 4x100 medley relay world-record teams; later a chess organizer in Gran Canaria. Distinct from the Rouen printer Pierre Dumesnil (1776-1835).
Pierre Joly
Pierre Joly, also Pierre Dumesnil (born 10 December 1931), French breaststroke swimmer with Racing Club de France; 17th in the 1952 Olympic 200 m breaststroke and 1953 world and European 4x100 m medley relay record holder.
Pieter Timmers
Pieter Timmers (born 1988, Neerpelt, Belgium), Belgian freestyle sprint swimmer; Olympic silver 100 m freestyle Rio 2016 in 47.80 (national record), short course 4x50 relay world record 2013, retired 2020 at the ISL in Budapest.
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Pieter van den Hoogenband (Hoogie, The Dutch Dolphin), born 1978 in Maastricht, is a Dutch former swimmer, triple Olympic champion (100/200 free 2000, 100 free 2004), first man under 48 seconds for 100 m freestyle, later Dutch chef de mission.
Pip Gould
Phillipa (Pip) Gould, later Gower, born 1940, New Zealand backstroke swimmer; 1956 Olympian who set world long-course records in the 200m (1957) and 100m (1958) backstroke and won 1958 Commonwealth bronze.
Pokey Watson
Pokey Watson (Lillian Debra Watson Richardson, born 1950) is an American swimmer with Olympic golds in the 1964 4x100 freestyle relay and 1968 200 backstroke, plus 200 m freestyle and relay world records.
Pua Kele Kealoha
Pua Kele Kealoha (1902–1989), Hawaiian swimmer of the Hui Makani Swim Club, won silver in the 100 m freestyle and gold in the world-record 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; not related to Warren Kealoha.
Pyotr Skripchenkov
Pyotr Skripchenkov (Пётр Скрипченков, 1926–2010) was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who competed at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and set three medley relay world records in 1953 and 1954.
Qi Hui
Qi Hui (齐晖), Chinese breaststroke and medley swimmer born 1985 in Fuzhou; three-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008) who set 200 m breaststroke world records in long-course and short-course pools.
Qian Hong
Qian Hong (钱红), Chinese butterfly swimmer born 1971 in Baoding, Hebei; 1988 Seoul 100 m butterfly bronze and 1992 Barcelona gold in Olympic record 58.62; also 1991 world champion.
Qin Haiyang (覃海洋)
Qin Haiyang (覃海洋), born 1999, Chinese breaststroke swimmer; first to sweep 50/100/200 m breaststroke at one World Championships (Fukuoka 2023), 200 m world record 2:05.48, later broken by Shin Ohashi.
Rachel Bootsma
Rachel Kristine Bootsma, American backstroke swimmer born 1993 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota; 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100m medley relay, three-time NCAA 100-yard backstroke champion for Cal, and 2013 American record holder in the 50m backstroke.
Rachel Komisarz
Rachel Komisarz (Komisarz-Baugh), born 1976, Warren, Michigan, American swimmer: 2004 Olympic gold 4x200 free relay, silver 4x100 medley relay, 2008 short-course 4x100 medley world record holder, later college coach.
Rachel Nicol
Rachel Nicol (born 1993, Regina, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian breaststroke swimmer; 2010 Youth Olympic 50m breaststroke champion, Rio 2016 Olympian, and 2023 Pan American Games double gold medallist.
Rafael Munoz
Rafael Muñoz Pérez (Rafa Muñoz), Spanish butterfly swimmer born 1988 in Córdoba; 50 m butterfly world record holder 22.43 (2009–2018), two bronzes at Rome 2009 Worlds, 30th at Beijing 2008 Olympics, retired 2016.