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Ursula Küper
Ursula Küper (Stille), born 28 November 1937 in Berlin, East German breaststroke swimmer for SC Dynamo Berlin; 1960 Olympic bronze in the 4x100 m medley relay and 100 m breaststroke world record 1:19.0.
Ute Geweniger
Ute Geweniger (born 1964, Chemnitz), East German breaststroke swimmer; 1980 Olympic double gold medalist (100 m breaststroke, medley relay), multiple world record holder, later confirmed GDR doping.
Ute Noack
Ute Noack (born 1943, Berlin) is an East German butterfly swimmer, Berliner TSC; 1962 European medley relay gold and 100 fly silver behind Ada Kok, multiple European records, 10th in the 100 fly at Tokyo 1964.
Uwe Daßler
Uwe Daßler (born 1967) is a German former swimmer for East Germany, 1988 Seoul Olympic champion in the 400 m freestyle at world record 3:46.95, with relay silver and 1500 m bronze; later a finance executive.
Valborg Christensen
Valborg Marie Christensen (-Møller), known as Val Moller in Canada, Danish breaststroke swimmer; 10th in the 1936 Olympic 200 m breaststroke, 100 m breaststroke world record 1:22.8 (1936), later 1990 World Masters Games gold medalist.
Valeria Gyenge
Valeria Gyenge (Valéria Gyenge, born 1933, Budapest), Hungarian swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic 400 m freestyle champion in 5:12.1 OR; three world records; emigrated to Canada in 1956 as photographer and coach.
Vasily Ivanov
Vasil Ivanov most often refers to Vasily Ivanov (Василий Иванов), Russian breaststroke swimmer born 1972 in Kuybyshev, 1992 Olympic relay silver medalist for the Unified Team and 24-time World Aquatics medalist; also a Bulgarian ski jumper and tennis player.
Vedaant Madhavan
Vedaant Madhavan (born 2005), son of actor R Madhavan, is an Indian freestyle swimmer; Danish Open 2022 gold (800m), national junior 1500m record breaker, Khelo India 2022 five-gold winner, and Asian Games 2026 debutant.
Veniamin Tayanovich
Veniamin Igorevich Tayanovich (Вениамин Игоревич Таянович), born 1967 in Ufa, Soviet/Russian freestyle swimmer; 1992 Olympic gold 4x200 m and silver 4x100 m freestyle relay for the Unified Team; 7:11.95 world record holder 1992–1998.
Veronika Popova Andrusenko
Veronika Popova-Andrusenko (Вероника Андреевна Попова-Андрусенко), Russian swimmer born 1991 in Mikhaylovka; three Olympics (2012, 2016, 2020), world records in mixed relays, European record 4×100 m medley relay 3:53.38.
Victor Davis
Victor Davis was a Canadian breaststroke swimmer from Guelph, Ontario, who won 200-meter breaststroke gold in world record time at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Victoria Arlen
Victoria Arlen, American Paralympic swimmer and ESPN host; won gold and three silvers at London 2012 after a four-year vegetative state, later walked again, wrote Locked In, and competed on Dancing with the Stars.
Victoria Poon
Victoria Poon (Cheuk Yuen Poon), Canadian sprint freestyle swimmer born 1984 in Hong Kong; Olympian at Beijing 2008 and London 2012; 2009 short course 4x100 medley relay world record holder; Commonwealth, Pan Pacific, and 2015 world bronze medallist.
Virginia Duenkel
Ginny Duenkel (Virginia Ruth Duenkel, later Fuldner), American swimmer born 1947 in Orange, New Jersey; 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the 400 m freestyle (4:43.3 OR) and 100 m backstroke bronze medalist; held the 100 m backstroke world record (1:08.3) in 1964.
Vitaly Sorokin
Vitaly Ivanovich Sorokin (Виталий Иванович Сорокин, 1935–1995), Soviet freestyle swimmer from Leningrad; 1956 Olympic bronze in the 4x200 m relay and a pre-Games world record of 8:24.5; later coached Olympic champion Prozumenshchykova-Stepanova.
Vitezslav Svozil
Vitezslav Svozil (Vítězslav Svozil), Czech breaststroke swimmer born 1933 in Olomouc; set the 100 m breaststroke world record 1:12.7 in 1957, swam at Rome 1960, and won five Masters world titles.
Vladimir Hopka
Vladimír Hopka (1937–2025), Slovak butterfly swimmer of Slávia UK and Slávia SVŠT Bratislava; set the 100 m butterfly European record (1:01.2, Leipzig 1961) and a 1:00.3 short-course best world performance (Bremen 1962); 22 national records, seven-time Czechoslovak champion.
Vladimir Kosinsky
Vladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky (Владимир Иванович Косинский), Soviet breaststroke swimmer, 1968 Olympic double silver and relay bronze medalist, world record holder in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, three-time Olympian.
Vladimir Minashkin
Vladimir Minashkin (Владимир Минашкин) was a Soviet breaststroke swimmer who set several world records in the 100 m breaststroke and won 1958 European relay gold.
Vladimir Morozov (olympedia 120660)
Vladimir Morozov (Vladimir Viktorovich Morozov, Владимир Викторович Морозов; born 1992, Novosibirsk) is a Russian sprint swimmer, Olympedia athlete 120660, with 2012 Olympic relay bronze, three Games, and short-course world records; distinct from the canoeist and figure skater of the same name.
Vladimir Pyshnenko
Vladimir Pyshnenko (Владимир Васильевич Пышненко), Russian freestyle swimmer born 1970 in Rostov-on-Don; 1992 Olympic 4x200 m relay gold in world record 7:11.95 for the Unified Team, three Olympic silvers, later a masters coach in Illinois.
Vladimir Salnikov
Vladimir Salnikov (Владимир Валерьевич Сальников), born 1960, Soviet distance freestyle swimmer; four Olympic golds (1980, 1988), first under 15 minutes for 1500 m and under 8 for 800 m; later Russian Swimming Federation president.
Vladimir Struzhanov
Vladimir Struzhanov (Владимир Васильевич Стружанов, 1932–2014), Soviet swimmer, 1956 Olympic bronze in 4x200 m freestyle relay, 1958 European champion, five-time world record holder.
Wally Ris
Wally Ris (Walter Stephen Ris, 1924–1989), American freestyle swimmer; double gold medalist at the 1948 London Olympics in the 100 m freestyle (57.3 OR) and 4×200 m relay (8:46.0 WR); University of Iowa, ISHOF 1966.
Wally Wolf
Wally Wolf (Wallace Perry Wolf Jr., 1930-1997), American Olympic swimmer and water polo player; gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at 1948 London, four-time Olympian, later a Los Angeles entertainment attorney. Not the baseball pitcher Walter Beck Wolf.
Walter Bathe
Walter Bathe (Walter•Bathe), German breaststroke swimmer (1892-1959) who won double gold in the 200 m and 400 m breaststroke at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and held the 100 m breaststroke world record 1910-1914.
Walter Brack
Walter Brack (Carl Emil Walter Brack, 1880–1919), German Berlin swimmer, Charlottenburger SV; won 1904 Olympic gold in the first 100 yard backstroke (1:16.8) and silver in the 440 yard breaststroke; ISHOF Pioneer Swimmer 1997.
Walter Kusch
Walter Kusch (born 1954, Hildesheim), West German breaststroke swimmer; 1978 world champion 100 m breaststroke, 1976 Olympic medley relay bronze, 1974 European medley relay champion, later masters record holder.
Walter Laufer
Walter Laufer (1906–1984), American swimmer of the Cincinnati YMCA and Chicago Lake Shore AC; 1928 Olympic gold (4x200m relay) and silver (100m backstroke); set four backstroke world records on his 1926 European tour.
Walter Richardson
Walter Pierce Richardson, American butterfly swimmer born 1943 in Chicago; University of Minnesota NCAA champion, 1963 4x100 m medley relay world record holder (4:00.1), and 1964 Tokyo Olympic relay heat swimmer who received no medal under then-current rules.