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Takashi Hirose
Takashi "Halo" Hirose (1922-2002), Maui-born American swimmer of the Three-Year Swim Club; first AJA to represent the US internationally, 1938 world-record relay, 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran, NCAA champion, 2017 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee.
Takashi Ishimoto
Takashi Ishimoto (石本隆), born 1935 in Aki, Kochi, Japanese butterfly swimmer; 1956 Olympic 200 m butterfly silver in 2:23.8, 100 m fly world record holder 1957-1960, triple gold at the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games.
Takashi Yokoyama
Takashi Yokoyama (横山隆志, 1913–1945), Japanese freestyle swimmer; 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay in world record time (8:58.4), fourth in the 400 m freestyle; not the Pancrase fighter or researchers of the same name.
Tamara Costache
Tamara Costache, Romanian swimmer born 1970 in Ploiești, won the first official women's 50 m freestyle world title at Madrid 1986 in a world record 25.28, later European and 1987 European champion, sixth at Seoul 1988.
Tamas Kenderesi
Tamas Kenderesi (Kenderesi Tamás), Hungarian butterfly swimmer born 1996 in Bonyhád; 200 m butterfly bronze at Rio 2016, Youth Olympic gold 2014, fourth at Tokyo 2020; banned four years from 2023 in an Athlete Biological Passport doping case.
Tang Jingzhi
Tang Jingzhi (汤景之), born 1986 in Hangzhou, is a Chinese freestyle swimmer: 2008 Olympic silver in the 4×200 m relay, 2002 short-course world record 7:46.30, later a coach.
Tang Muhan
Tang Muhan (汤慕涵) is a Chinese freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in world-record time.
Tang Yi
Tang Yi (唐奕), Chinese freestyle swimmer born 1993 in Shanghai; 2012 Olympic 100 m freestyle bronze, six golds at 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics, and short-course 4x200 m freestyle relay world record holder (2010-2014).
Tanya Bogomilova Dangalakova
Tanya Bogomilova Dangalakova (Таня Богомилова-Дангалакова), Bulgarian breaststroke swimmer born 1964 in Sofia; won 100 m breaststroke gold at Seoul 1988 in 1:07.95, first Bulgarian Olympic swimming champion.
Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk, American breaststroke swimmer born 1982 in Bremerton, Washington; 2004 Athens Olympic silver medalist in the 4x100 medley relay, short-course 100 breaststroke world record holder (1:04.79), 11-time NCAA champion at Stanford, later Johns Hopkins health security scholar.
Tarnee White
Tarnee White (Tarnee Renee White-Southwell), Australian breaststroke swimmer born 1981 in Redcliffe, Queensland; Olympic silver 2000 and gold 2008 in the 4x100 m medley relay as a heat swimmer.
Tatjana Schoenmaker
Tatjana Schoenmaker, since her 2023 marriage competing as Tatjana Smith, is a South African breaststroke swimmer born in 1997 who won Olympic gold medals at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Tatsuo Fujimoto
Tatsuo Fujimoto (藤本達夫), Japanese freestyle swimmer born 1940 in Hyogo; 1960 Olympic relay silver medalist and 4×200 m freestyle relay world record holder (8:09.8, 1963); also 1958 Asian Games and Universiade medalist.
Tayliah Zimmer
Tayliah Zimmer (born 1985) is an Australian backstroke swimmer, 2007 world bronze medalist in the 50m backstroke, three-time short-course world silver medalist, and member of Australia's 3:51.84 world-record 4x100m medley relay.
Ted Stickles
Edward "Ted" Stickles is an American former competitive swimmer who dominated the individual medley in the early 1960s, breaking nine world records while swimming for Indiana University.
Teofilo Ferreira
Teofilo Ferreira (Teófilo Laborne Ferreira), Brazilian freestyle swimmer born 1973 in Belo Horizonte; 1992 Barcelona Olympian, short-course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record holder (3:12.11), and multi-medalist at world and Pan American competitions.
Tera van Beilen
Tera van Beilen (Tera Colleen van Beilen), Canadian breaststroke swimmer born 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario; triple medallist at the 2010 Youth Olympics, 2012 London Olympian, UBC Thunderbird, retired 2016.
Terri Stickles
Terri Lee Stickles (later Stickles Mejia Strunck), American swimmer born 1946 in San Mateo, California; 1964 Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist in the 400 m freestyle (4:47.2) and 1963 Pan Am 100 m freestyle champion.
Terry Gathercole
Terry Gathercole (Terence Steven Gathercole, 1935-2001), Australian breaststroke swimmer, coach, and administrator; 1960 Olympic medley relay silver, 200 m breaststroke world record 1958-1961, ISHOF 1985.
Tetsuo Hamuro
Tetsuo Hamuro (葉室鉄夫), 1917–2005, Japanese breaststroke swimmer; won 1936 Berlin Olympic 200 m breaststroke gold in 2:41.5, set 100 m and 200 m world records, and retired unbeaten at 200 m in 1940.
Thelma Kalama
Thelma Kalama (Thelma Hildegard Kalama-Aiu, "Keko"), 1931–1999, Honolulu swimmer; first Native Hawaiian woman Olympian; won 1948 gold in the 4×100 m freestyle relay as second leg.
Theresa Andrews
Theresa Andrews, born 1962 in New London, Connecticut, is an American swimmer who won gold in the 100 m backstroke (1:02.55) and the 4x100 m medley relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics for NBAC.
Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar (Malin Therèse Alshammar, "Tessan"), Swedish sprint swimmer born 1977 in Solna; only female swimmer at six Olympics, 3 Olympic medals, 71 international medals, 50 fly short-course world record 24.38.
Thiago Pereira
Thiago Pereira (Thiago Machado Vilela Pereira), Brazilian swimmer born 1986, 2012 Olympic 400 m IM silver medalist, four-time Olympian, short-course 200 m IM world record holder, and most decorated Pan American Games athlete with 23 medals.
Thom de Boer
Thom de Boer (born 1991) is a Dutch swimmer from Alkmaar specializing in the 50m freestyle and relays; Tokyo 2020 Olympic finalist, member of the 1:36.18 short course world record mixed 4x50m medley relay (2021), and multiple Dutch record holder.
Thomas Fahrner
Thomas Fahrner (born 1963, Ludwigshafen) is a German freestyle swimmer who won silver and bronze at the 1984 Olympics, bronze at Seoul 1988, and set six 4x200 m freestyle relay world records for West Germany.
Thomas Rupprath
Thomas Rupprath is a German former competitive swimmer and three-time Olympian, best known as a 50 m backstroker of the early 2000s who set eight world records.
Thompson Mann
Thompson Mann (Harold Thompson Mann, 1942-2019), American backstroke swimmer, 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100m medley relay and first person under one minute in the 100m backstroke (59.6); later an internal-medicine physician.
Tiffany Cohen
Tiffany Cohen (Tiffany Lisa Cohen, later Cohen Adams/Lalonde), American swimmer born 1966, Culver City, California; 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle, 14-time US national champion, ISHOF inductee 1996.
Tim Shaw
Tim Shaw (Timothy Andrew Shaw, born 1957), American swimmer and water polo player from Long Beach. Held 200/400/800/1500 m freestyle world records simultaneously in 1974-75, won 1975 Sullivan Award, took 400 m freestyle silver at Montreal 1976 and water polo silver at Los Angeles 1984.