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Steve Holland
Stephen Roy "Steve" Holland (born 1958, Brisbane), Australian distance freestyle swimmer; 1973 Belgrade world 1500m champion, 11 world records at 800m/1500m, and 1976 Montreal Olympic bronze in the 1500m freestyle; retired at 18; ISHOF 1989.
Steve Lundquist
Steve Lundquist (Stephen K. Lundquist, "Lunk"), American swimmer born 1961 in Atlanta; 1984 Olympic double gold medalist (100m breaststroke world record 1:01.65, medley relay) and five-time 100m breaststroke world record holder.
Steve Rerych
Steve Rerych (Stephen Karl Rerych, born 1946) is a retired American surgeon and NC State swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and set a 4x100 world record.
Steven Clark
Steve Clark (Stephen Edward Clark, 1943-2026), American freestyle sprint swimmer; three relay golds at Tokyo 1964, nine world records, first under 46 seconds for 100 yards; ISHOF 1966; later Harvard Law lawyer.
Steven Vandermeulen
Steven Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer born 1968 in British Columbia; swam the 4x100 m freestyle relay for Canada at Seoul 1988 (9th), set a short course 4x100 m medley relay world record in 1992, and won Pan Pacific, Commonwealth, and Pan American relay medals.
Sumika Minamoto
Sumika Minamoto (源 純夏), born 1979 in Tokushima, Japanese sprint freestyle swimmer; 2000 Sydney Olympic bronze in the 4×100 m medley relay, first Japanese woman finalist in an Olympic sprint swim event, later a lifesaving club founder.
Summer McIntosh
Summer McIntosh, born 2006, Toronto, is a Canadian swimmer, first Canadian to win three golds at one Olympics (Paris 2024), holder of long course world records in the 400m IM, 200m IM, 400m free, and 200m butterfly.
Summer Sanders
Summer Sanders (born 1972, Roseville, California) is an American swimmer and broadcaster; at Barcelona 1992 she won 200m butterfly and medley relay gold, 200 IM silver, 400 IM bronze, then became a TV host.
Sun Jiajun
Sun Jiajun (孙佳俊), Chinese swimmer born 2000 in Yichang, Hubei; Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 medley relay, 2018 Youth Olympic double gold medalist, and Asian record holder in the short-course 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke.
Sun Yang (孙杨)
Sun Yang (孙杨), Chinese freestyle swimmer born 1991 in Hangzhou; three Olympic golds, 1500 m world record 14:31.02 from 2012, and doping bans in 2014 and 2018-2021.
Sunao Ishiharada
Sunao Ishiharada (石原田 愿, 1915–1987), Japanese freestyle swimmer from Kagoshima and Meiji University; ninth in the 1500 m freestyle at Los Angeles 1932 and fourth at Berlin 1936.
Susan Doerr
Susan Doerr (Susan Elizabeth Doerr-Brodsky, 1945–1972), American swimmer for Vesper Boat Club; 1960 Olympian at 15 in the winning US 4x100 m freestyle relay, and 100 m butterfly world record holder (1:08.2, 1961–1962).
Susan Laird
Susan Laird (Susanne E. Laird, 1908-1933), American swimmer of the Carnegie Library Athletic Club who won 1928 Olympic gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay with a world record and placed fifth in the 100 m freestyle.
Susan Pedersen
Susan Jane "Sue" Pedersen (Pankey), American swimmer born 1953 in Sacramento; 1968 Olympic double relay gold medalist and 200 m freestyle world record holder who retired at 15.
Susan Pitt
Susan Pitt (Susan Kay Pitt Anderson, 1948-2024), American swimmer, set the 200 m butterfly world record of 2:29.1 in 1963, swam 1964 Olympic medley relay prelims, 1968 team co-captain, later coach and USA Swimming administrator.
Susan Rapp
Susan Rapp, later Susan von der Lippe, is an American breaststroke swimmer who won gold and silver medals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Susan Sloan
Susan Estelle Sloan, Canadian swimmer born 1958 in Stettler, Alberta; 1976 Olympic bronze in the 4x100 m medley relay, 1978 Commonwealth gold and world bronze in the 4x100 m freestyle relay; later a British Columbia attorney.
Susanne Börnike
Susanne Börnike (born 1968, Brandenburg an der Havel), East German breaststroke swimmer; ninth in the 200 m breaststroke at Seoul 1988, 1989 European champion, short-course 200 m breaststroke world record holder 2:22.92, and a victim of the GDR state doping program.
Susanne Nielsson
Susanne Nielsson, born 1960 in Aarhus, is a Danish breaststroke swimmer who won bronze in the 100 m at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the 1978 World Championships.
Susie Atwood
Susie Atwood (Susanne Jean Atwood, born 1953) is an American backstroke swimmer, 1972 Olympic silver (200m back) and bronze (100m back) medalist, world record holder in the 200m backstroke and medley relay, Hall of Fame inductee.
Susie O'Neill
Susie O'Neill (Susan O'Neill AM, born 1973, Mackay, Queensland), Australian swimmer nicknamed Madame Butterfly; eight Olympic medals including 1996 200m butterfly gold and 2000 200m freestyle gold; broke Mary T. Meagher's 200m fly world record in 2000.
Sven Lodziewski
Sven Lodziewski (born 1965, Leipzig), East German then German freestyle swimmer; SC Dynamo Berlin; Olympic 4x200 m relay silver Seoul 1988, 1986 world relay champion, 1987 European 100 m champion, later federation head physician.
Svenja Schlicht
Svenja Schlicht (Schlicht-Eberhardt), born 1967 in Neumünster, West German backstroke swimmer; 1984 Olympic silver in 4x100 medley relay, 1991 world gold in 4x200 freestyle relay, 24 national titles; not the Swiss swimmer Svenja Stoffel.
Svetlana Babanina
Svetlana Babanina (Светлана Викторовна Бабанина), Soviet breaststroke swimmer born 1943 in Tambov, swam for Spartak Tashkent; two Tokyo 1964 bronzes and two 100 m breaststroke world records (1:17.2, 1:16.5).
Svetlana Chimrova
Svetlana Chimrova (Светлана Михайловна Чимрова), born 1996 in Moscow, Russian butterfly swimmer; two Olympics (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), European record 4x100 m medley relay 3:53.38, world and European championship medals.
Svetlana Varganova
Svetlana Anatolyevna Varganova (Светлана Анатольевна Варганова), Soviet breaststroke swimmer born 1964 in Leningrad: 1980 Olympic silver in the 200 m breaststroke, 1982 world champion, former 200 m breaststroke world record holder (2:31.09, 1979), later arrested in India in 2023.
Sydney Battersby
Sydney Battersby (Thomas Sydney Battersby, 1887-1974), British freestyle swimmer for Wigan SC; 1908 Olympic silver in 1500 m freestyle, 1912 relay bronze, 400 m world record 5:35.8 in 1911, later emigrated to Australia.
Sylvia Gerasch
Sylvia Gerasch, born 1969 in Cottbus, East German and German breaststroke swimmer; 1986 world champion 100 m breaststroke (WR 1:08.11) and medley relay; banned 1993-96 for caffeine doping; swam at Sydney 2000.
Sylvia Ruuska
Sylvia Eliina Ruuska (1942-2019), American swimmer; 1956 Olympic bronze 400 m freestyle and silver 4x100 m freestyle relay at age 14; 1960 Rome team captain; five world medley records.
Szebasztian Szabo
Szebasztian Szabó (Szabó Szebasztián, born 1996, Frankfurt am Main) is a Hungarian sprint swimmer, former Serbian competitor, who tied the 50 m butterfly short-course world record at 21.75 in 2021 and swam at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.