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Chris Renaud
Chris Renaud (Christopher Renaud), Canadian backstroke swimmer born 1976 in Fredericton, New Brunswick; competed at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 Olympics and held the short-course 50 m backstroke world record (24.25) from 1997 to 1998.
Chris von Saltza
Chris von Saltza (Susan Christina von Saltza, later Olmstead), American swimmer born 1944, won three golds and a silver at the 1960 Rome Olympics, set world records in the 400 freestyle and 200 backstroke, and won five 1959 Pan Am golds.
Chris Woo
Chris Woo (Christopher W. T. Woo, born 1957, Honolulu) is an American breaststroke swimmer and dentist; at the 1976 Montreal Olympics he placed 8th in the 100 m breaststroke and helped set a 3:47.28 medley relay world record.
Christel Schulz
Christel Schulz: German swimmer born 1940 (née Steffin), 1960 Olympic relay bronze, record-setting Masters swimmer from Rathenow; also the 1921–2014 long jumper who first cleared six meters in 1939.
Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger (born 1985, Brisbane) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, Olympic silver and bronze medallist, 2013 world 100m breaststroke champion, and former 200m breaststroke world record holder (2:07.31, 2009).
Christiane Knacke
Christiane Knacke (Sommer), East German swimmer born 1962 in East Berlin, SC Dynamo Berlin; first woman under one minute for 100 m butterfly (59.78, 1977), 1980 Moscow Olympic bronze medalist, later a key witness against GDR doping.
Christine Caron
Christine "Kiki" Caron, born 1948 in Paris, is a French backstroke swimmer who set a 100 m world record in 1964 and won silver at the Tokyo Olympics that year.
Christine Gosden
Christine Gosden, born 1939 in York, England, is a retired British breaststroke swimmer who finished eighth at the 1956 Olympics and won medals at the 1958 European Championships.
Cierra Runge
Cierra Runge (Runge-Burnell), born 1996 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is an American freestyle swimmer with NBAC Baltimore who won 4x200 m freestyle relay gold at Rio 2016 and at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships.
Cindy Schilling
Cindy Schilling, American swimmer and coach; USC AIAW relay champion 1976-1977, 1977 All-American, UCLA women's head coach 1981-82, later top Southern Pacific masters butterfly and IM swimmer; not Cindy Mabee or Cindy Nicholas.
Claire Curzan
Claire Curzan (born 2004) is an American swimmer from Cary, North Carolina, specializing in backstroke and butterfly; Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist, 2024 Doha World Championships MVP, and NCAA champion at Stanford and Virginia.
Claire Donahue
Claire Donahue (born 1989, Dallas) is an American butterfly swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, 2013 world champion in the same relay, and 2011 Pan American Games 100 m butterfly champion.
Claire Guttenstein
Claire Guttenstein (born Claire Frick, 1886–1948), Belgian swimmer, first woman to compete for Belgium at the Olympics (Stockholm 1912, 100 m freestyle) and 100 m freestyle world record holder 1910–1911.
Claire Huddart
Claire Huddart (Claire Marie Huddart, born 1971, Manchester) is a British freestyle swimmer who swam relays at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and set the short-course 4×200 m freestyle relay world record of 7:49.11 in 2000.
Clare Dennis
Clare Dennis (Clara Dennis, later Golding, 1916-1971), Australian breaststroke swimmer who won the 200m breaststroke gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics at 16, set 100m and 200m breaststroke world records, and won 1934 Empire Games gold.
Clark Smith
Clark Smith is an American swimmer who won a gold medal in the 2016 men's 4x200m freestyle relay in Rio. He set NCAA freestyle records for the Texas Longhorns.
Clarke Scholes
Clarke Scholes (Clarke Currie Scholes, 1930–2010), American swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 100 m freestyle (57.4, tied with Hiroshi Suzuki), 1955 Pan American Games double gold medalist, five-time NCAA champion for Michigan State.
Claudia Clevenger
Claudia Jean Clevenger (born 1955, San Jose, California), American breaststroke swimmer; 1972 Olympic fourth place in 200 m breaststroke and 1971 world record 4:27.3 in the 4x100 medley relay.
Claudia Hempel
Claudia Hempel (Thamke), born 1958 in Merseburg, East German swimmer with Berliner TSC; 1976 Olympic silver in 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1975 Cali world champion, later a sport school teacher in Cottbus.
Claudia Kolb
Claudia Kolb (Claudia Anne Kolb, born 1949, Hayward, California), American swimmer, Santa Clara SC: 1964 Tokyo silver in 200m breaststroke at 14, 1968 double IM gold, 23 world records, 25 AAU titles, Hall of Fame 1975.
Claudia Poll
Claudia Poll (Claudia María Poll Ahrens), Costa Rican swimmer born 1972 in Managua, won the 1996 Olympic 200 m freestyle gold, the first for Costa Rica and Central America, plus two Sydney bronzes and short-course world records.
Clay Britt
Clay Britt, American backstroke swimmer from Rockville, Maryland; three-time NCAA 100-yard backstroke champion for Texas (1980–82) with a 49.08 American record; later set 23 Masters World Records and entered MISHOF in 2021.
Clement Lefert
Clément Lefert (born 1987, Nice) is a French swimmer, Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay and silver medalist in the 4x200 m relay at London 2012, who retired at 25 to become a London oil trader.
Clementine Stoney
Clementine Stoney Maconachie (née Stoney), Australian backstroke swimmer born 1981 in Albury; 2000 Sydney Olympian, short-course 200m backstroke world record holder (2:05.83, 2001); retired 2003 through illness; now a Sydney sculptor and Paris 2024 Olympian Artist.
Cocky Gastelaars
Cocki van Engelsdorp Gastelaars (Cornelia Maria, born 24 February 1938, Rotterdam) is a Dutch swimmer who held the 100 m freestyle world record in 1956 (1:04.2, 1:04.0), missed Melbourne 1956 through the Dutch boycott, and placed seventh at Rome 1960.
Coleman Stewart
Coleman Stewart (born 1998), American swimmer and Duke assistant coach; set the SCM 100m backstroke world record of 48.33 at ISL Naples, 29 August 2021, broken by Hubert Kos in 2025; two-time NCAA champion for NC State.
Colin Russell
Colin Russell, Canadian freestyle swimmer born 1984 in Oshawa, Ontario; 2008 and 2012 Olympian, 2005 world silver medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, and short course world record holder in that relay.
Conor Dwyer
Conor Dwyer (Conor James Dwyer), American swimmer born 1989, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200m freestyle relay (London 2012, Rio 2016) and 200m freestyle bronze medalist; retired 2019 after a 20-month doping ban.
Coralie Balmy
Coralie Balmy (born 1987, La Trinité, Martinique), French freestyle swimmer; Olympic bronze in 4x200 m relay London 2012; short-course 200 m freestyle world record 1:53.18 (2008); three Olympics, retired after Rio 2016.
Cornelia Sirch
Cornelia Sirch (born 1966, Jena) is a former East German backstroke swimmer, 1982 and 1986 world 200 m backstroke champion, six-time European champion, and Seoul 1988 Olympic gold (medley relay) and double bronze medalist.