3,573 articles
Steve Genter
Steve Genter is an American former swimmer who won a gold and two silver medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics days after treatment for a collapsed lung.
Steve Gregg
Steve Gregg (Steven Garrett Gregg, 1955-2024), American swimmer, 1976 Olympic silver medallist in the 200 m butterfly; also world championship silver 1973 and 1978 and a 1992 short course 50 m freestyle world record holder.
Steve Hawkins
Steve Hawkins (Stephen Mark Hawkins, born 1971, Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian rower who won gold in the men's double sculls with Peter Antonie at Barcelona 1992, Australia's first Olympic rowing gold since 1948.
Steve Holland
Stephen Roy "Steve" Holland (born 1958, Brisbane), Australian distance freestyle swimmer; 1973 Belgrade world 1500m champion, 11 world records at 800m/1500m, and 1976 Montreal Olympic bronze in the 1500m freestyle; retired at 18; ISHOF 1989.
Steve Lundquist
Steve Lundquist (Stephen K. Lundquist, "Lunk"), American swimmer born 1961 in Atlanta; 1984 Olympic double gold medalist (100m breaststroke world record 1:01.65, medley relay) and five-time 100m breaststroke world record holder.
Steve Lysak
Steve Lysak (Stephen John Lysak, 1912–2002), American sprint canoeist of the Yonkers Canoe Club; with Steve Macknowski won gold in C-2 10,000 m and silver in C-2 1,000 m at London 1948, the first U.S. Olympic canoeing gold.
Steve Macknowski
Steve Macknowski (Stephen Albert Macknowski, 1922–2013), American sprint canoeist; with Steve Lysak won gold in C-2 10,000 m and silver in C-2 1,000 m at London 1948, the first Olympic medals won by paddlers.
Steve Redgrave
Steve Redgrave (born 1962, Marlow) is a British rower who won five consecutive Olympic golds 1984–2000 plus a bronze, nine world titles, and later managed type 1 diabetes; knighted 2001, Steve Redgrave Fund founder.
Steve Rerych
Steve Rerych (Stephen Karl Rerych, born 1946) is a retired American surgeon and NC State swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and set a 4x100 world record.
Steve Trapmore
Steve Trapmore (Stephen Patrick Trapmore, born 1975, Hammersmith) is a British rower-turned-coach: Olympic gold as stroke of the GB men's eight at Sydney 2000, MBE 2001, Cambridge University Boat Club chief coach 2010-2018, and GB men's sweep lead coach whose eight won gold at Paris 2024.
Steve Williams
Steve Williams (Stephen David Williams, born 1976) is a British rower, double Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxless four at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, four-time world champion, and 2011 Everest climber; distinct from the 1984 Olympic ice dancer Stephen Williams.
Steven Clark
Steve Clark (Stephen Edward Clark, 1943-2026), American freestyle sprint swimmer; three relay golds at Tokyo 1964, nine world records, first under 46 seconds for 100 yards; ISHOF 1966; later Harvard Law lawyer.
Steven Vandermeulen
Steven Vandermeulen, Canadian freestyle swimmer born 1968 in British Columbia; swam the 4x100 m freestyle relay for Canada at Seoul 1988 (9th), set a short course 4x100 m medley relay world record in 1992, and won Pan Pacific, Commonwealth, and Pan American relay medals.
Stewart Morris
Stewart Harold Morris (1909-1991), British Olympic sailor; won 1948 London gold in the Swallow class with David Bond aboard Swift; record 12 Prince of Wales Cup wins; OBE 1944 for Normandy landing service in the RNVR.
Stoyanka Gruycheva Kurbatova
Stoyanka Gruycheva Kurbatova (Стоянка Груйчева-Курбатова), Bulgarian rower born 1955 in Starosel; Olympic gold in coxless pairs with Siyka Kelbecheva at Montreal 1976 and bronze at Moscow 1980.
Stuart Bithell
Stuart Bithell (born 1986, Rochdale) is a British sailor, 470 silver medallist at London 2012 and 49er Olympic gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 with Dylan Fletcher, now Emirates GBR wing trimmer in SailGP.
Sture Stork
Sture Stork (1930–2002), Swedish Olympic sailor, KSSS Stockholm. Won 5.5 Metre class gold at Melbourne 1956 on Rush V and silver at Tokyo 1964 on Rush VII, crewing for helmsman Lars Thörn; engineer at Atlas Copco.
Sue Gossick
Sue Gossick (Susanne Gossick), American springboard diver born 1947 in Chicago; 1968 Mexico City Olympic gold medalist in women's 3-meter springboard, fourth at Tokyo 1964, 1967 Pan Am champion, ISHOF inductee 1988.
Suicide's
Suicide's (Suicide's surf spot) is a year-round beginner surf break at Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz County, California, mapped as OpenStreetMap node 2330850553 (leisure=pitch, sport=surfing) inside Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary; distinct from Suicide Rock and Suicide Peak.
Sumika Minamoto
Sumika Minamoto (源 純夏), born 1979 in Tokushima, Japanese sprint freestyle swimmer; 2000 Sydney Olympic bronze in the 4×100 m medley relay, first Japanese woman finalist in an Olympic sprint swim event, later a lifesaving club founder.
Summer McIntosh
Summer McIntosh, born 2006, Toronto, is a Canadian swimmer, first Canadian to win three golds at one Olympics (Paris 2024), holder of long course world records in the 400m IM, 200m IM, 400m free, and 200m butterfly.
Summer Sanders
Summer Sanders (born 1972, Roseville, California) is an American swimmer and broadcaster; at Barcelona 1992 she won 200m butterfly and medley relay gold, 200 IM silver, 400 IM bronze, then became a TV host.
Sumner White
Sumner Wheeler White III (1929-1988), American sailor and investment banker; with twin brother Ed won 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold in the 5.5-metre class aboard Complex II, helmed by Britton Chance.
Sun Jiajun
Sun Jiajun (孙佳俊), Chinese swimmer born 2000 in Yichang, Hubei; Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 medley relay, 2018 Youth Olympic double gold medalist, and Asian record holder in the short-course 50 butterfly and 50 breaststroke.
Sun Shuwei
Sun Shuwei (孙淑伟, born 1976) is a Chinese former diver who won the men's 10 meter platform gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, China's first male platform champion.
Sun Yang (孙杨)
Sun Yang (孙杨), Chinese freestyle swimmer born 1991 in Hangzhou; three Olympic golds, 1500 m world record 14:31.02 from 2012, and doping bans in 2014 and 2018-2021.
Sunao Ishiharada
Sunao Ishiharada (石原田 愿, 1915–1987), Japanese freestyle swimmer from Kagoshima and Meiji University; ninth in the 1500 m freestyle at Los Angeles 1932 and fourth at Berlin 1936.
Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach is the name of several coastal places: the Oahu North Shore big-wave surf break (Paumalū), a 1904-platted California community annexed by Huntington Beach in 2011, a Brunswick County NC town, and parks in Vancouver, St. Catharines, and Cape Town.
Supershit
Supershit is a beach break surf spot near Rantung, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, at coordinates -8.9836, 116.7351, suited to intermediate surfers; the word also names a spice brand and a rare vulgar English noun.
Supertubes
Supertubes, also written Super Tubes and known locally as Supers, is a celebrated right-hand point break at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa, hosting a World Surf League event since the early 1980s.