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Standup paddleboarding

Standup paddleboarding (SUP, Hoe he'e nalu) is a Hawaiian-origin water sport of standing on a surfboard-like board and paddling; practiced for racing, touring, yoga, and fishing, with documented fitness benefits and drowning as its main fatal risk.

Stanislav Donets

Stanislav Donets (Станислав Юрьевич Донец), Russian backstroke swimmer born 1983 in Dimitrovgrad; three-time short course world champion, eleven-time European short course champion, and former short course world record holder in the 100 m backstroke and 4x100 m medley relay.

Stanislav Lusk

Stanislav Lusk (1931–1987), Czechoslovak rower from Třeboň; Olympic gold in coxed four at Helsinki 1952, bronze in eights at Rome 1960, three Games, later coach and driver.

Stanley Garton

Stanley Garton (Arthur Stanley Garton, 1889-1948), British rower; won gold in the men's eights for Leander Club at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, won three Boat Races with Oxford 1909-11, three Henley Grand Challenge Cups, and coached the Oxford eight.

Star (keelboat)

Star (keelboat): two-person one-design racing keelboat designed 1910 by Francis Sweisguth, fin keel with detached rudder; Olympic class 1932–2012 except 1976; governed by ISCYRA since 1922.

Steen Secher

Steen Klaaborg Secher (born 1959, Torsted, Horsens) is a Danish Soling sailor, Olympic gold medalist at Barcelona 1992 with Jesper Bank and Jesper Seier, and bronze medalist at Seoul 1988 with Bank and Jan Mathiasen.

Stefan Gusgen

Stephan Güsgen (born 1962) is a German former swimmer who swam the 50 m freestyle for West Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, placed 14th, won national titles in 1986 and 1988, and later became an orthopedic surgeon in Düsseldorf.

Stefan Hirniak

Stefan Hirniak (born 1985) is a Canadian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle relays, winning 200 m butterfly bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Stefan Mitrovic

Stefan Mitrovic (Стефан Митровић), born 1988 in Belgrade, is a Serbian water polo wing who won Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, and bronze at London 2012.

Stefan Nystrand

Stefan Nystrand (Stefan Ernst Nystrand), Swedish sprint freestyle swimmer born 1981 in Haninge; four Olympian (2000–2012), 2007 short-course world record holder at 50 m (20.93) and 100 m (45.83) freestyle.

Stefan Semmler

Stefan Semmler, East German rower (born 1952, Zschopau), won Olympic gold in the men's coxless fours at Montréal 1976 and Moskva 1980, plus four World Championship titles (1974, 1975, 1977, 1979) with SC DHfK Leipzig.

Stefanie Clausen

Stefanie Clausen (Anna Stefanie Nanny Fryland Clausen, 1900–1981), Danish diver, won plain high diving gold at Antwerp 1920, the first Danish woman with Olympic gold and Denmark's only diving champion.

Stefano Pizzamiglio

Stefano Mauro Pizzamiglio, Italian backstroke and relay swimmer born 1991 in Milan; 2013 Mediterranean Games double champion, Herning 2013 European short-course medalist, and member of Italy's 4x50m medley relay short-course world record (1:33.65).

Stefanos Ntouskos

Stefanos Ntouskos (Στέφανος Ντούσκος), Greek rower born 1997 in Ioannina; Olympic gold medalist in the men's single sculls at Tokyo 2020 (6:40.45, Olympic best time), Greece's first rowing gold; also competed at Rio 2016 and Paris 2024 and won the 2025 world title.

Steffen Deibler

Steffen Deibler, German swimmer (born 1987, Biberach an der Riß), short course 50m butterfly world record holder (21.80, 2009–2018), three-time Olympian 2008–2016, brother of Markus Deibler.

Steinar Amundsen

Steinar Amundsen (1945-2022), Norwegian sprint kayaker of the 'Gullfireren' quartet; Olympic K-4 1000 m gold 1968 and bronze 1972, world champion 1970 and 1975, 13 national titles.

Stepan Oshchepkov

Stepan Oshchepkov was a Soviet sprint canoeist from Vladivostok who won the men's C-2 1,000 m gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics with partner Andriy Khimich.

Stepanka Hilgertova

Štěpánka Hilgertová, born 1968 in Prague and née Prošková, is a Czech slalom canoeist who won consecutive Olympic K1 golds in 1996 and 2000 across six Games.

Stephan Mølvig

Stephan Mølvig is a retired Danish rower, born in 1979 in Odense, who won Olympic gold at Athens 2004 and two world titles in the lightweight coxless four.

Stephan van den Berg

Stephan van den Berg (born 1962, Hoorn, Netherlands), Dutch windsurfer; four-time world champion 1980-1983 and first Olympic windsurfing gold medalist, Windglider class, Los Angeles 1984; 7th at Barcelona 1992.

Stephan Volkert

Stephan Volkert, born 1971 in Cologne, is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the quadruple sculls in 1992 and 1996 and bronze in 2000.

Stephania Haralabidis

Stephania Haralabidis (Στεφανία Χαραλαμπίδη), born 1995 in Athens, is a Greek-American water polo attacker, 2020 Olympic gold medalist for Team USA, 2016 NCAA champion and Cutino Award winner at USC, and a former Greek national team player.

Stephanie Elkins

Stephanie Elkins, born in 1963, is a retired American freestyle swimmer who won gold in the world-record 4×100-meter relay at the 1978 World Championships and qualified for the boycotted 1980 Olympics.

Stephanie Rice

Stephanie Rice (Steph Rice), Australian swimmer born 1988 in Brisbane, triple gold medalist at Beijing 2008 in the 200 m and 400 m individual medleys and 4x200 m freestyle relay, all in world-record times; retired 2014.

Stephen Badger

Stephen (Steve) William Badger, Australian-born Canadian freestyle swimmer born 1956 in Sydney; 1973 world silver in 4x200 m relay, 1974 Commonwealth golds, 1976 Montreal Olympian.

Stephen Krause

Stephen (Steve) Krause, American swimmer, set the 1500 m freestyle world record of 16:58.60 at Maumee, Ohio, on August 15, 1965, aged 15, for Cascade Swim Club; later a Harvard swimmer and Wyman Trophy winner.

Stephen Pickell

Stephen John "Steve" Pickell (born 1957, Vancouver) is a Canadian swimmer who won silver in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, medaled at the 1974 Commonwealth and 1979 Pan American Games, and missed the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games; later a USC NCAA champion and California swim coach.

Steve Crocker

Steve Crocker (Stephen W. Crocker), American sprint freestyle swimmer, Rockwood Swim Club and Western Kentucky University; set the short course 50 m freestyle world record of 21.64 in Dallas, 1992; two-time national champion, three-time Olympic Trials qualifier.

Steve Erickson

Steve Erickson (Steven Richard Erickson, born 1961), American Star class sailor, 1984 Olympic gold medalist as crew for Bill Buchan, two-time Star world champion, five-time America's Cup veteran and Whitbread racer, distinct from other athletes named Erickson.

Steve Furniss

Steve Furniss (Steven Charles Furniss, born 1952), American IM swimmer, 1972 Olympic 200 m IM bronze medalist, 1974 world record holder, and co-founder of TYR Sport swimwear company.