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Anna Simcic
Anna Simcic (Anna Katrina Simcic-Forrest), New Zealand backstroke swimmer born 1971 in Wels, Austria; 1990 Commonwealth Games 200m backstroke gold, world short course record 2:07.11 (1992), double Olympian, later HPSNZ athlete life advisor.
Annabel Kosten
Annabel Kosten (born 1977, Oostburg, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch freestyle sprint swimmer and University of Kentucky alumna who won bronze in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at Athens 2004 after swimming the heats, plus World and European short-course relay medals.
Annamay Pierse
Annamay Pierse (-Oldershaw), Canadian breaststroke swimmer born 1983 in Toronto; Beijing 2008 Olympian who held the 200m breaststroke world record in long-course (2:20.12) and short-course pools in 2009 and won 2009 Worlds silver.
Anne Jardin
Anne Jardin (Anne Elizabeth Jardin-Alexander, born 1959, Montreal) is a Canadian swimmer, double 1976 Olympic bronze relay medalist and 1978 50 m freestyle world record holder (26.74).
Anne Katrin Leucht
Anne Katrin Leucht, also spelled Anne-Katrin Leucht, is an East German swimmer with SC DHfK Leipzig who took silver in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly at the 1974 European Championships.
Anne Katrin Schott
Anne Katrin Schott (Anne-Katrin Schott), East German swimmer of the 1970s; set the women's 200 m breaststroke world record, 2:37.89, in Rostock on 6 July 1974, and won 1974 European silver.
Anne Ottenbrite
Anne Ottenbrite-Muylaert (born 1966) is a Canadian swimmer who at Los Angeles 1984 became the first Canadian woman to win Olympic swimming gold, taking 200m breaststroke gold, 100m silver, and relay bronze.
Annemarie Verstappen
Annemarie Verstappen (Anna Maria Theodora Petra Verstappen-Janssen), Dutch swimmer born 1965 in Rosmalen; 1982 world champion 200 m freestyle, three medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, first Dutch world swimming title.
Annette Salmeen
Annette Elizabeth Salmeen, born 1974, American swimmer and biochemist; 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, 1996 NCAA 200 butterfly champion at UCLA, 1997 Rhodes Scholar with a Oxford biochemistry doctorate, later USADA board member.
Annie Speirs
Annie Speirs (Annie Coupe Speirs-Coombe, 1889–1926), Liverpool swimmer; won gold in the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay at Stockholm 1912 in world record time 5:52.8 and was fifth in the 100 m freestyle.
Annie Timmermans
Annie Timmermans, also known as Ans Timmermans (Anna Petronella Timmermans-Ineke, 1919-1958), Dutch freestyle swimmer; 1934 world record and European gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 12th in the 400 m freestyle at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; died in a car accident in Parkdale, Melbourne.
Annika Lurz
Annika Lurz, née Liebs, German swimmer born 1979 in Karlsruhe; 2006 world-record 4x100m and 4x200m freestyle relays, 2007 world silver 200m freestyle, 2008 Olympian for SV Würzburg 05.
Anthony Ervin
Anthony Ervin (born 1981, Berkeley, California) is an American sprint swimmer, three-time Olympic champion who won 50m freestyle gold in 2000 and again at 35 in 2016, the oldest male Olympic swimming champion, after retiring in 2003 and returning in 2011.
Anthony Nesty
Anthony Nesty (born 1967, Port of Spain) is a Surinamese swimmer who won 1988 Olympic 100m butterfly gold in 53.00, beating Matt Biondi by 0.01s, Suriname's first Olympic medal; now Florida Gators head coach and 2024 US Olympic men's swim coach.
Antje Stille
Antje Stille (born 1961), East German backstroke swimmer, set two 200m backstroke world records in 1976 and placed 6th-7th at the Montreal Olympics; later a dentist in Magdeburg.
Anton Chupkov
Anton Chupkov (Антон Чупков), Russian breaststroke swimmer born 1997 in Moscow; Olympic 200 m breaststroke bronze at Rio 2016, world champion 2017 and 2019, world record 2:06.12 (2019–2022); retired November 2024.
Ariana Kukors
Ariana Kukors (Kukors Smith), American swimmer born 1989 in Federal Way, Washington; 2009 world champion and world record holder (2:06.15) in the 200 m individual medley, 2012 Olympian, later sued USA Swimming over coach abuse.
Ariarne Titmus
Ariarne Titmus (born 2000, Launceston, Tasmania), nicknamed Arnie, is an Australian freestyle swimmer who won four Olympic golds, beat Katie Ledecky in the 400m freestyle at Tokyo and Gwangju, held the 200m and 400m world records, and retired in October 2025 aged 25.
Arina Surkova
Arina Aleksandrovna Surkova (Арина Александровна Суркова, born 1998, Novokuznetsk) is a Russian sprint butterfly and freestyle swimmer; Tokyo 2020 Olympian for ROC and two-time 2024 short-course world champion in mixed medley relays.
Arkady Vyatchanin
Arkady Vyatchanin (Аркадий Вятчанин), born 1984 in Vorkuta, is a Russian-born backstroke swimmer with two Beijing 2008 Olympic bronzes and short-course world records in the 100 m (48.97) and 200 m (1:46.11) backstroke.
Arne Borg
Arne Borg (Claes Arne Borg, 1901–1987), Swedish freestyle swimmer nicknamed the Swedish Sturgeon; set 32 world records 1921–29, won 5 Olympic medals including 1500 m gold at Amsterdam 1928, first under 20 minutes for 1500 m.
Arno Bieberstein
Arno Bieberstein (Arnold Curt Bieberstein), German swimmer for SC Hellas Magdeburg, won the 1908 Olympic 100 m backstroke gold in world-record 1:24.6, the last Olympic backstroke title won with inverted breaststroke.
Arno Kamminga
Arno Kamminga, Dutch breaststroke swimmer (born 1995, Katwijk aan Zee), double Olympic silver medalist at Tokyo 2020 in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke; former Mark Faber trainee now based in Hong Kong under Tom Rushton through LA 2028.
Arpad Lengyel
Arpad Lengyel (Lengyel Árpád, 1915–1993) was a Hungarian swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the 1934 European title.
Artur Wojdat
Artur Wojdat, Polish swimmer (born 1968, Olsztyn), first Polish man to win an Olympic swimming medal (bronze, 400 m freestyle, Seoul 1988) and 400 m freestyle world record holder in 1988.
Artyom Lobuzov
Artyom Lobuzov (Артём Юрьевич Лобузов, born 1991, Moscow) is a Russian freestyle swimmer, 2012 Olympian, 2016 world short-course 4x200 m relay champion, later charged in a FINA doping case.
Aschwin Wildeboer
Aschwin Wildeboer Faber, Spanish backstroke swimmer born 1986 in Sabadell; three-time Olympian, 2009 world bronze medalist, and former 100 m backstroke world record holder in long course (52.38) and short course (49.20).
Ashley Callus
Ashley Callus (Ashley John Callus, born 1979) is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 100 m relay at Sydney 2000 and bronze at Beijing 2008.
Ashley Tappin
Ashley Tappin (Tappin-Doussan), born 1974, American sprint freestyle swimmer; three Olympic relay golds (Barcelona 1992, Sydney 2000), 1991 Pan Am triple gold, six NCAA titles, later UNO head coach and Hartley's Hearts Foundation founder.
Ashley Whitney
Ashley Whitney (Ashley Ann Whitney, born 1979, Nashville) is an American swimmer who won 1996 Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, 1997 Pan Pacific gold, and 1998 Worlds silver, later an open water swimmer and coach.