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Dezso Gyarmati
Dezso Gyarmati (Dezső Gyarmati, 1927–2013), Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic medals at five Games (gold 1952, 1956, 1964), European champion 1954 and 1962, coached Hungary to 1976 Olympic gold.
Dezso Lemhenyi
Dezso Lemhenyi (Lemhényi Dezső, born Kollmann, 1917–2003), Hungarian water polo player: 1948 Olympic silver, 1952 Olympic gold; later coached Hungarian, French, and Canadian national teams and founded the Hungarian Olympic Champions Club.
Đorđe Perišić
Đorđe Perišić (Ђорђе Перишић) is a Montenegrin-born former swimmer and water polo player who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia at the 1968 Mexico City Games.
Dubravko Simenc
Dubravko Šimenc, born 1966 in Zagreb, is a Croatian water polo player who won Olympic gold for Yugoslavia in 1988 and silver for Croatia in 1996, plus World Championship golds in 1986 and 1991.
Elena Gigli
Elena Gigli is an Italian water polo goalkeeper who won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, becoming the youngest Italian woman to win an Olympic medal.
Elena Ruiz
Elena Ruiz (Elena Ruiz Barril), Spanish water polo player born 2004 in Rubí, Barcelona; Olympic gold Paris 2024 and silver Tokyo 2020 with Spain; ten AQUA and Olympic medals; plays cuatro-cinco for CN Atlètic-Barceloneta.
Elsie Windes
Elsie Ann Windes, American water polo defender born 1985 in Portland, Oregon; two-time Olympian (silver Beijing 2008, gold London 2012), Cal Berkeley All-American, USA Water Polo Hall of Fame 2020.
Emanuela Zanchi
Emanuela (Manuela) Zanchi, born 1977 in Milano, is an Italian water polo player who won Olympic gold with the Setterosa team at Athens 2004 and placed sixth at Beijing 2008.
Emilio Bulgarelli
Emilio Bulgarelli (1917-1993), Italian water polo full-back, RN Napoli and Canottieri Olona player; won 1947 Monte Carlo European gold and Olympic gold with Italy at London 1948; distinct from wrestler Adelmo and footballer Giacomo Bulgarelli.
Eraldo Pizzo
Eraldo Pizzo, "Il Caimano" (born 21 April 1938, Genoa), Italian water polo player. Olympic gold at Rome 1960, 15 Italian titles with Pro Recco, 275 goals in 178 Italy caps, ISHOF inductee 1990.
Erich Rademacher
Erich "Ete" Rademacher (Fritz Albert Erich Rademacher), German breaststroke swimmer and water polo goalkeeper, 1920s world record holder; 1928 Olympic water polo gold and 200 m breaststroke silver, 1932 water polo silver.
Erkin Shagayev
Erkin Shagayev (Эркин Шагаев, born 1959, Tashkent) is a Soviet water polo Olympic champion (Moscow 1980), 1982 world and 1983 European champion, later a long-serving Australian coach and Russian national team head coach. Not the Kazakh composer Yerkesh Shakeev.
Ervin Zador
Ervin Zádor (Zádor Ervin), Hungarian water polo player (born 1934 or 1935, Budapest; died 2012, Linden, California), 1956 Olympic gold medalist punched by Valentin Prokopov in the Blood in the Water match, later a California coach of Mark Spitz.
Felicien Courbet
Félicien Courbet (1888–1967), Belgian breaststroke swimmer and water polo player; held 100 m (1:22.6, 1909) and 200 m (3:00.8, 1910) world records, won 1912 Olympic water polo bronze, coached Spain in 1924.
Ferenc Keseru
Ferenc Keserű (Keserű I, 1903–1968), Hungarian water polo player: Olympic gold 1932, silver 1928, fifth 1924; three-time European champion; brother of Alajos Keserű; distinct from the 1946-born Olympic cyclist of the same name.
Filip Filipovic
Filip Filipović (Филип Филиповић), Serbian water polo player born 1987 in Belgrade; left-handed right winger, two-time Olympic gold medalist (2016, 2020), captain, 382 caps and 679 international goals, distinct from CrossFit and powerlifting namesakes.
Francesco Attolico
Francesco Attolico, "Airone Azzurro", Italian water polo goalkeeper born 1963 in Bari; Barcelona 1992 Olympic gold and Atlanta 1996 bronze, world champion Rome 1994, European champion 1993 and 1995 with the Settebello.
Gabor Csapo
Gabor Csapo (Gábor Csapó), Hungarian water polo player (1950-2022), Olympic gold 1976 and bronze 1980, 1973 world champion, 272 caps for Hungary, later Vasas coach and lawyer.
Geminio Ognio
Geminio Ognio, nicknamed Mimmo, Italian water polo player (1917-1990) of SS Lazio and the Settebello; Olympic gold 1948 London, bronze 1952 Helsinki, 1947 European champion, also Italian 1,500 m freestyle champion.
George Cornet
George Thomson Cornet (1877-1952), Inverness water polo back, only Scot in Britain's Olympic gold teams of 1908 and 1912; first Scotsman to retain an Olympic title; later an LMS railway cashier.
George Wilkinson
George Wilkinson (1879-1946), English water polo player from Gorton, Manchester; called the world's first great water polo player; won Olympic gold 1908 and 1912, captained Hyde Seal 22 years; 1900 participation disputed.
Georges Rigal
Georges Lucien Rigal (1890-1974), French swimmer and water polo player of Libellule de Paris; first French crawl swimmer, 1912 Olympian, and gold medalist in water polo at Paris 1924; later coached France at Berlin 1936 and led the French Swimming Federation 1959-64.
Gergo Kiss
Gergo Kiss (Gergely "Gergő" Kiss), Hungarian water polo player born 1977 in Budapest; won Olympic gold at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, one of six players with all three titles; also a lawyer.
Giancarlo Guerrini
Giancarlo Guerrini (1939–2025) was an Italian water polo player who won Olympic gold with Italy at Rome 1960 and later held senior roles with the Italian Swimming and Fencing Federations.
Gianni Lonzi
Gianni Lonzi (born 1938, Florence) is an Italian water polo player, coach, and administrator: Olympic gold 1960 as player, 1978 World Championship gold as Italy coach, FINA Technical Water Polo Committee chairman 1996-2017, ISHOF inductee 2009.
Gildo Arena
Gildo Arena (Ermenegildo Arena), Italian water polo player and freestyle swimmer born 1921 in Naples; Settebello attacker, 1948 Olympic gold and 1952 bronze, 1947 European champion, inventor of the beduina back-hand shot.
Gillian van den Berg
Gillian van den Berg (born 1971, Gouda) is a Dutch water polo player, captain at Sydney 2000 (4th) and gold medalist at Beijing 2008, the oldest women's Olympic water polo gold medalist at 36 years 348 days.
Giuseppe D'altrui
Giuseppe 'Geppino' D'Altrui (1934-2024), Italian water polo player, captain of the Settebello gold medalists at the 1960 Rome Olympics; also 1956 and 1964 Olympian, 75 caps, later coach, ISHOF 2010 with son Marco.
Giuseppe Porzio
Giuseppe Porzio, known as Pino, is an Italian water polo player and coach, born in 1967 in Napoli, who won Olympic gold with Italy at Barcelona 1992.
Goran Rađenović
Goran Rađenović (Горан Рађеновић), born 1966 in Niš, is a Montenegrin former water polo player who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia at Seoul 1988, plus 1991 world and European titles, then coached in Serbia and Italy.