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Shelley Mann
Shelley Isabel Mann (1937–2005), American swimmer; overcame polio, won the first Olympic women's 100m butterfly gold (1:11.0, Melbourne 1956), silver in the 4x100m relay, and set butterfly and medley world records.
Shen Duo
Shen Duo (沈铎, born 1997, Liyang, Jiangsu) is a Chinese freestyle swimmer who won six golds at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics, set world junior records of 53.84 and 1:56.12, and won Asian Games and World Championship relay golds.
Shigeo Arai
Shigeo Arai (新井茂雄) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who won relay gold and 100 m bronze at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and died in the war in 1944.
Shigeo Sugiura
Shigeo Sugiura (杉浦重雄, 1917–1988), Japanese freestyle swimmer from Hamamatsu; won 1936 Berlin Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, setting the 8:51.5 world record that stood until 1948.
Shigeyuki Maruyama
Shigeyuki Maruyama (丸山 茂幸), Japanese freestyle swimmer of the late 1940s; swam on Japan's 4x200 m freestyle relay world-record team (8:45.4, 18 August 1949, Los Angeles) with Hamaguchi, Murayama, and Furuhashi. Not the golfer Shigeki Maruyama or the 1988 Olympian Shigemori Maruyama.
Shinri Shioura
Shinri Shioura (塩浦慎理), born 1991 in Isehara, Japan, is a Japanese sprint freestyle swimmer, Asian 50 m freestyle record holder (21.67 s, 2019), and two-time Olympian (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020).
Shirley Babashoff
Shirley Babashoff (born 1957), American freestyle swimmer; eight Olympic medals (2 gold, 6 silver) at Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976; 11 world records; accused East German dopers, later vindicated by Stasi files.
Shiro Hashizume
Shiro Hashizume (橋爪四郎, 1928–2023), Japanese freestyle swimmer; 1,500 m silver at Helsinki 1952 behind Ford Konno; set 800 m and 1,500 m freestyle world records in 1949; ISHOF Honor Swimmer 1992.
Shozo Makino
Shozo Makino (牧野正蔵, 1915–1987), Japanese freestyle swimmer; silver in 1500 m at Los Angeles 1932, bronze in 400 m at Berlin 1936; held 800 m freestyle world records from 1931 to 1941. Not the film director of the same name.
Silke Hörner
Silke Hörner (Hörner-Schuck), East German breaststroke swimmer born 1965 in Leipzig; double Olympic champion at Seoul 1988 (200 m breaststroke world record 2:26.71, 4×100 m medley relay) and 100 m bronze; set four breaststroke world records; doping allegations never proven.
Simone Manuel
Simone Manuel (Simone Ashley Manuel, born 1996, Houston) is an American swimmer, first Black woman to win individual Olympic swimming gold (100 m free, Rio 2016, tied with Oleksiak); 7 Olympic medals, 20 World Championship medals, Stanford and Alto Swim Club.
Siobhan Haughey
Siobhan Haughey (Siobhán Bernadette Haughey, 詩蓓•何), Hong Kong swimmer born 1997; four Olympic medals (Tokyo 2020 silvers, Paris 2024 bronzes in 100m/200m freestyle), 200m short-course world record 1:50.31, Doha 2024 world champion.
Sippy Woodhead
Sippy Woodhead (Cynthia Lee Woodhead, later Kantzer, Brennan), American freestyle swimmer born 1964; 1978 world champion at 14, three 200m freestyle world records, 1980 boycott victim, 1984 Olympic silver medalist.
Sophie Edington
Sophie Edington (Sophia Jane Edington, born 1984) is an Australian backstroke swimmer, 2008 Beijing Olympian, four-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and former 50 m backstroke world record holder (27.67, 2008).
Sophie Hansson
Sophie Hansson, Swedish breaststroke swimmer born 1998 in Helsingborg; 2021 European 100 m breaststroke champion, three-time Olympian, and double short-course world relay champion at Abu Dhabi 2021.
Stanislav Donets
Stanislav Donets (Станислав Юрьевич Донец), Russian backstroke swimmer born 1983 in Dimitrovgrad; three-time short course world champion, eleven-time European short course champion, and former short course world record holder in the 100 m backstroke and 4x100 m medley relay.
Stefan Gusgen
Stephan Güsgen (born 1962) is a German former swimmer who swam the 50 m freestyle for West Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, placed 14th, won national titles in 1986 and 1988, and later became an orthopedic surgeon in Düsseldorf.
Stefan Hirniak
Stefan Hirniak (born 1985) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle relays, winning 200 m butterfly bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Stefan Nystrand
Stefan Nystrand (Stefan Ernst Nystrand), Swedish sprint freestyle swimmer born 1981 in Haninge; four Olympian (2000–2012), 2007 short-course world record holder at 50 m (20.93) and 100 m (45.83) freestyle.
Stefano Pizzamiglio
Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio, Italian backstroke and relay swimmer born 1991 in Milan; 2013 Mediterranean Games double champion, Herning 2013 European short-course medalist, and member of Italy's 4x50m medley relay short-course world record (1:33.65).
Steffen Deibler
Steffen Deibler, German swimmer (born 1987, Biberach an der Riß), short course 50m butterfly world record holder (21.80, 2009–2018), three-time Olympian 2008–2016, brother of Markus Deibler.
Stephanie Elkins
Stephanie Elkins, born in 1963, is a retired American freestyle swimmer who won gold in the world-record 4×100-meter relay at the 1978 World Championships and qualified for the boycotted 1980 Olympics.
Stephanie Rice
Stephanie Rice (Steph Rice), Australian swimmer born 1988 in Brisbane, triple gold medalist at Beijing 2008 in the 200 m and 400 m individual medleys and 4x200 m freestyle relay, all in world-record times; retired 2014.
Stephen Badger
Stephen (Steve) William Badger, Australian-born Canadian freestyle swimmer born 1956 in Sydney; 1973 world silver in 4x200 m relay, 1974 Commonwealth golds, 1976 Montreal Olympian.
Stephen Krause
Stephen (Steve) Krause, American swimmer, set the 1500 m freestyle world record of 16:58.60 at Maumee, Ohio, on August 15, 1965, aged 15, for Cascade Swim Club; later a Harvard swimmer and Wyman Trophy winner.
Stephen Pickell
Stephen John "Steve" Pickell (born 1957, Vancouver) is a Canadian swimmer who won silver in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, medaled at the 1974 Commonwealth and 1979 Pan American Games, and missed the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games; later a USC NCAA champion and California swim coach.
Steve Crocker
Steve Crocker (Stephen W. Crocker), American sprint freestyle swimmer, Rockwood Swim Club and Western Kentucky University; set the short course 50 m freestyle world record of 21.64 in Dallas, 1992; two-time national champion, three-time Olympic Trials qualifier.
Steve Furniss
Steve Furniss (Steven Charles Furniss, born 1952), American IM swimmer, 1972 Olympic 200 m IM bronze medalist, 1974 world record holder, and co-founder of TYR Sport swimwear company.
Steve Genter
Steve Genter is an American former swimmer who won a gold and two silver medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics days after treatment for a collapsed lung.
Steve Gregg
Steve Gregg (Steven Garrett Gregg, 1955-2024), American swimmer, 1976 Olympic silver medallist in the 200 m butterfly; also world championship silver 1973 and 1978 and a 1992 short course 50 m freestyle world record holder.