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Swimmers (biographies and medalists)

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Tineke Lagerberg

Tineke Lagerberg (Catharina Bernadetta Jacoba Lagerberg), Dutch swimmer born 1941 in Bussum; bronze in 400 m freestyle at Rome 1960, European 100 m butterfly champion 1958, and former 200 m butterfly world record holder.

Tini Wagner

Catherina (Tini) Wagner, Catharina Wilhelmina Wagner, Dutch freestyle swimmer, 1919-2004; won 4x100 m freestyle relay gold at Berlin 1936 in Olympic record 4:36.0 and held relay and 400 m freestyle world records.

Tom Bruce

Tom Bruce (Thomas Edwin Bruce, 1952-2020), American swimmer, UCLA and Santa Clara SC; 1972 Munich Olympic gold in 4x100 m medley relay (world record 3:48.16) and silver in 100 m breaststroke; distinct from the New Zealand-Scotland cricketer and the rugby league player of the same name.

Tom Dean

Tom Dean (born 2000), British swimmer from Maidenhead, "The SubmaDean": triple Olympic gold medalist (Tokyo 2020 200m freestyle and 4x200m relay; Paris 2024 relay), world 4x200m relay champion 2023 and 2025, MBE.

Tom Dolan

Tom Dolan (Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan, born 1975 in Arlington, Virginia) is an American former competitive swimmer who won Olympic gold in the 400m individual medley in 1996 and 2000.

Tom Jager

Tom Jager (Thomas Michael Jager, born 1964), American sprint freestyle swimmer; five Olympic relay golds among seven medals, six 50 m freestyle world records, 21.81 best held a decade until Popov's 21.64 in 2000.

Tom Malchow

Tom Malchow (Thomas Andrew Malchow, born 1976), American swimmer, 2000 Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m butterfly, 1996 silver medalist, and 200 m butterfly world record holder (1:55.18, June 2000 to March 2001) before Michael Phelps.

Tom Ponting

Tom Ponting is a Canadian former butterfly swimmer, born in 1965 in Montréal, who medaled at three consecutive Olympics: silver in 1984 and 1988, bronze in 1992.

Tom Shields

Tom Shields (Thomas Allen Shields, born 1991), American butterfly swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 m medley relay (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), 11-time NCAA champion at Cal, now a swim coach in Santa Cruz.

Tommaso D'orsogna

Tommaso D'Orsogna, Australian freestyle swimmer born 1990 in Perth, won Olympic bronze in the 4x100 medley relay at London 2012, Commonwealth relay golds in 2010 and 2014, and 32 World Cup medals.

Tommy Hannan

Tommy Hannan (Thomas George Hannan), American swimmer born 1980 in Baltimore; butterfly and medley specialist. Won 2000 Sydney Olympic gold in the 4x100 medley relay as a heat swimmer and 1999 Universiade 200 IM gold; later coached at Washington and KING Aquatics.

Tommy Werner

Tommy Werner (Tommy Henrik Werner), Swedish freestyle sprint swimmer born 1966 in Karlskrona; three Olympics, Barcelona 1992 silver in 4x200 m relay, world 100 m free silver Perth 1991, world relay gold Rome 1994.

Torri Huske

Torri Huske, American swimmer from Arlington, Virginia, Stanford; two-time Olympian with 3 gold and 3 silver medals, 2024 Olympic 100m butterfly champion, 2022 world champion, and member of several world-record relays.

Toru Goto

Toru Goto (後藤暢, born 26 June 1934, Fukuoka) is a Japanese swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic silver medallist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, fourth in the 100 m freestyle, and 1955 4x100 m freestyle relay world record holder (3:46.8).

Toshio Irie

Toshio Irie (入江稔夫, 1911–1974), Japanese backstroke swimmer; 200 m backstroke world record holder 1928–1930 and silver medalist in the 100 m backstroke at Los Angeles 1932, part of Japan's first Olympic medal sweep. Distinct from swimmer Ryosuke Irie.

Toshizo Umemoto

Toshizo Umemoto is a Japanese former competitive freestyle swimmer who won relay gold at the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games and the 200 meter freestyle title in 1962.

Townley Haas

Townley Haas (Francis Townley Haas), American swimmer born 1996 in Richmond, Virginia; Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Rio 2016, two-time Olympian, four-time world relay champion, and 10-time NCAA champion for Texas.

Tracey Wickham

Tracey Wickham (Tracey Lee Wickham-Ciobo), Australian freestyle swimmer born 1962, set 400 m, 800 m, and 1500 m world records in 1978-79, won 1978 world and Commonwealth titles, and missed the boycotted 1980 Olympics.

Tracy Caulkins

Tracy Caulkins (Tracy Ann Caulkins-Stockwell), American swimmer born 1963, won 3 Olympic golds at Los Angeles 1984 and 5 golds at the 1978 World Championships; held 48 US titles, 63 American records, and 5 world records.

Travis Mahoney

Travis Mahoney (born 1990), Australian swimmer from Box Hill, Victoria; Rio 2016 Olympian, 7th in 400m IM; World Short Course relay medalist. Namesake: American runner, 4x US Olympic Trials qualifier.

Trenton Julian

Trenton Julian, American swimmer (born 1998), butterfly and freestyle specialist; Cal Berkeley NCAA champion, Mission Viejo Nadadores pro, world gold medalist in 4x200 free relays and World Cup 200 fly winner.

Trina Jackson

Trina Jackson (Trina Marie Jackson, later Falca), born 1977, American distance freestyle swimmer; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, 1995 Pan American Games triple gold medalist, and two-time NCAA 1650-yard freestyle champion for Arizona.

Tripp Schwenk

Tripp Schwenk (William Douglas Schwenk III, born 1971) is an American backstroke swimmer from Sarasota, Florida; 1996 Olympic gold (4x100 medley relay) and silver (200 backstroke), 1992 Olympian, 1993 short-course world champion.

Troy Dalbey

Troy Dalbey (Troy Lane Dalbey), American swimmer born 1968, won 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relay gold in world-record times at Seoul 1988; later banned 18 months over the marble lion statue incident, then exonerated.

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (山中毅), Japanese freestyle swimmer (1939-2017), four Olympic silvers 1956-1964, nine world records, beaten twice by Murray Rose in the 400 m freestyle.

Tyler Clary

Tyler Clary (Scott Tyler Clary, born 1989) is an American former swimmer, Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m backstroke at London 2012 in Olympic-record 1:53.41, upsetting Ryan Lochte; retired 2016.

Udo Poser

Udo Poser (born 1947 in Hildburghausen) is a German swimmer for East Germany and ASK Vorwärts Rostock who swam heats on the 1972 Olympic 4x100 freestyle relay.

Ulrike Richter

Ulrike Richter (born 1959, Görlitz), East German backstroke swimmer; triple 1976 Montreal Olympic champion, 14 world records 1973-76, ISHOF 1983; later admitted GDR doping program victim.

Ulrike Tauber

Ulrike Tauber is a retired East German swimmer who won gold in the 400 meter individual medley at the 1976 Montréal Olympics in a world record 4:42.77.

Ursula Happe

Ursula Happe (Ursula Krey), German breaststroke swimmer (1926–2021); 1956 Melbourne Olympic 200 m breaststroke champion in 2:53.1, Germany's first postwar Olympic swimming gold medalist.