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Tom Bruce

Tom Bruce (Thomas Edwin Bruce, 1952-2020), American swimmer, UCLA and Santa Clara SC; 1972 Munich Olympic gold in 4x100 m medley relay (world record 3:48.16) and silver in 100 m breaststroke; distinct from the New Zealand-Scotland cricketer and the rugby league player of the same name.

Tom Burton

Tom Burton (born 1990) is an Australian sailor, 2016 Rio Olympic gold medallist and 2019 Laser World Champion, coached by Michael Blackburn; distinct from the British rower and American swimmer named Burton.

Tom Charlton

Tom Charlton (Thomas Jackson Charlton, Jr., born 1934, Savannah, Georgia) is an American rower, not the Australian broadcaster Tony Charlton; he captained the Yale eight that won Olympic gold in the men's eights at Melbourne 1956 in 6:35.2.

Tom Coe

Tom Coe (Thomas Coe, 1873-1942), English water polo player and swimmer from Manchester's Osborne Swimming Club; captained the gold-medal 1900 Paris Olympic water polo team. Distinct from a current British 800m/1500m runner of the same name.

Tom Daley

Tom Daley (born 1994, Plymouth), British diver; five Olympics 2008-2024, five medals, Tokyo 2020 synchro gold with Matty Lee, Paris 2024 silver, retired 2024, knitter.

Tom Dean

Tom Dean (born 2000), British swimmer from Maidenhead, "The SubmaDean": triple Olympic gold medalist (Tokyo 2020 200m freestyle and 4x200m relay; Paris 2024 relay), world 4x200m relay champion 2023 and 2025, MBE.

Tom Digby

Tom Digby (Thomas William Kenelm Digby, born 1998, Henley-on-Thames) is a British rower, Paris 2024 Olympic champion in the men's eight, two-time world and three-time European champion, Yale graduate, and 2026 hip-surgery comeback Henley winner.

Tom Dolan

Tom Dolan (Thomas Fitzgerald Dolan, born 1975 in Arlington, Virginia) is an American former competitive swimmer who won Olympic gold in the 400m individual medley in 1996 and 2000.

Tom Jager

Tom Jager (Thomas Michael Jager, born 1964), American sprint freestyle swimmer; five Olympic relay golds among seven medals, six 50 m freestyle world records, 21.81 best held a decade until Popov's 21.64 in 2000.

Tom James

Tom James (Thomas Watkin James, born 1984) is a Welsh-British rower who won Olympic gold in the men's coxless four at Beijing 2008 and London 2012, plus 2011 World gold; MBE, retired 2013.

Tom King

Tom King (Thomas Jack King, born 1973, Melbourne) is an Australian sailor, 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medallist in the 470 dinghy with Mark Turnbull; distinct from the powerlifter Tom King and athlete Tom Kiely.

Tom Liebscher

Tom Liebscher-Lucz, born 1993 in Dresden, is a German canoeist with Olympic gold in the K4 at Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, and Paris 2024, plus multiple world and European titles.

Tom Mackintosh

Tom Mackintosh (Thomas Mackintosh, born 1997, Wellington) is a New Zealand rower, 197 cm, Olympic gold medallist in the men's eight at Tokyo 2020, 2023 world single sculls bronze medallist, fifth at Paris 2024, and Oxford Boat Club president 2024-25.

Tom Malchow

Tom Malchow (Thomas Andrew Malchow, born 1976), American swimmer, 2000 Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m butterfly, 1996 silver medalist, and 200 m butterfly world record holder (1:55.18, June 2000 to March 2001) before Michael Phelps.

Tom Murray (olympedia 135406)

Tom Murray (Thomas James Murray, born 1994, Blenheim, New Zealand) is a NZL rower, Olympedia 135406: gold in the men's eight at Tokyo 2020, silver in the coxless four at Paris 2024, sixth in the eight at Rio 2016; distinct from the 1924 GBR curler and 1996 US rower of the same name.

Tom Pollock

Tom Pollock refers to two Olympians: American rower Thomas Elmer Pollock III (born 1943), 7th in the 1964 Tokyo coxed four, later a lawyer and novelist, and Canadian defenseman Thomas Allen Pollock (1925–1994), 1952 Oslo ice hockey gold medalist.

Tom Ponting

Tom Ponting is a Canadian former butterfly swimmer, born in 1965 in Montréal, who medaled at three consecutive Olympics: silver in 1984 and 1988, bronze in 1992.

Tom Price

Tom Price (Thomas Steele Price) is an American rower who won Olympic gold in the men's coxless pairs at the 1952 Helsinki Games with Charles Logg.

Tom Ransley

Tom Ransley (Thomas Matthew Ransley, born 1985 in Ashford, Kent) is a retired British rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Tom Reuveny

Tom Reuveny (born 2000, Ramat Gan) is an Israeli iQFOiL windsurfer, RS:X world champion 2019 and 2020, who won the first Olympic iQFOiL gold at Paris 2024, coached by Gal Fridman.

Tom Shields

Tom Shields (Thomas Allen Shields, born 1991), American butterfly swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 m medley relay (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020), 11-time NCAA champion at Cal, now a swim coach in Santa Cruz.

Tom Slingsby

Tom Slingsby is an Australian competitive sailor born in 1984. He won gold at the 2012 Olympics and the 2013 America's Cup as a strategist.

Toma Simionov

Toma Simionov (born 1955) is a Romanian sprint canoeist who won two Olympic gold medals in the C2 1,000 m, at Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, paddling with Ivan Patzaichin.

Tomasz Kucharski

Tomasz Bogusław Kucharski (born 1974, Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish rower who with Robert Sycz won Olympic gold in the lightweight double sculls at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, plus world titles in 1997 and 1998.

Tomasz Wylenzek

Tomasz Wylenzek is a German canoe sprint racer, born in Poland in 1983, who won Olympic gold in the C2 1,000 meters at the 2004 Athens Games.

Tomislav Paskvalin

Tomislav Paškvalin (Tomislav Paskvalin), born 1961 in Zagreb, is a Croatian water polo center who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia in 1984 and 1988, the 1986 world title, and later served as Croatia's Commissioner for Sports.

Tommaso D'orsogna

Tommaso D'Orsogna, Australian freestyle swimmer born 1990 in Perth, won Olympic bronze in the 4x100 medley relay at London 2012, Commonwealth relay golds in 2010 and 2014, and 32 World Cup medals.

Tommy Hannan

Tommy Hannan (Thomas George Hannan), American swimmer born 1980 in Baltimore; butterfly and medley specialist. Won 2000 Sydney Olympic gold in the 4x100 medley relay as a heat swimmer and 1999 Universiade 200 IM gold; later coached at Washington and KING Aquatics.

Tommy Werner

Tommy Werner (Tommy Henrik Werner), Swedish freestyle sprint swimmer born 1966 in Karlskrona; three Olympics, Barcelona 1992 silver in 4x200 m relay, world 100 m free silver Perth 1991, world relay gold Rome 1994.

Tone Wieten

Tone Wieten (born 1994, Amsterdam) is a Dutch rower, two-time Olympic champion in the men's quadruple sculls (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024) and Rio 2016 eight bronze medallist; world champion 2019 and 2023; retired March 2025.