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Wang Feng
Wang Feng: romanization of several Chinese names. Covers diver 王峰 (born 1979, 2008 Olympic synchro springboard gold), musician 汪峰 (born 1971), memory champion 王峰 (born 1990), and Han statesman 王鳳 (died 22 BCE).
Wang Hao (olympedia 122301)
Wang Hao (汪皓), Chinese diver born 1992 in Tianjin; won women's synchronized platform gold at the 2012 London Olympics with Chen Ruolin, plus 2011 Shanghai Worlds and 2010 Asian Games synchronized platform titles. Distinct from the table tennis player Wang Hao (王皓).
Wang Jianjiahe
Wang Jianjiahe (王简嘉禾, born 2002, Anshan, Liaoning) is a Chinese freestyle swimmer, 2018 Asian Games quadruple gold medalist, former short-course 400 m freestyle world record holder (3:53.97), and Asian record holder in the 1500 m freestyle (15:41.49).
Wang Liuyi
Wang Liuyi (王柳懿), Chinese artistic swimmer born 1997 in Shenzhen, twin sister and duet partner of Wang Qianyi; two-time 2024 Olympic champion (duet and team), ten-time world champion, now studying at EdUHK.
Wang Luna
Wang Luna (王•璐娜), born 1980, Chinese freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, won 1997 short-course 4x200 m relay gold, and held the 7:51.92 world record until 1999.
Wang Qianyi
Wang Qianyi (王芊懿), Chinese artistic swimmer born 1997 in Shenzhen, twin sister of Wang Liuyi; double Olympic champion at Paris 2024 in duet and team, Tokyo 2020 team silver, ten world titles.
Wang Zongyuan
Wang Zongyuan (王宗源), Chinese springboard diver born 2001 in Xiangyang, Hubei; double Olympic synchronized 3m champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), twice Olympic 3m silver medallist, nine-time world champion.
Wangerooger Yachtclub
Wangerooger Yacht-Club e.V. (WYC) is a registered sailing club on Wangerooge, East Frisian Islands, Lower Saxony, Germany, running the western harbor's guest berths and the annual Rund um Wangeroog regatta, whose 50th edition was in 2024.
Warren Cole
Warren Joseph Cole (1940-2019), New Zealand rower and Olympian #221; won gold in the men's coxed four at Mexico City 1968, sixth at Munich 1972, 1970 world champion in the eight.
Warren Kealoha
Warren Kealoha (Warren Daniels Kealoha, 1903–1972), Hawaiian swimmer and back-to-back Olympic 100 m backstroke gold medalist (Antwerp 1920, Paris 1924); held the world record six years, setting four marks from 1:14.8 to 1:11.4; not related to Pua Kealoha.
Warren Westlund
Warren Westlund (Warren DeHaven Westlund, 1926–1992), American rower and stroke of the University of Washington coxed four that won gold at the 1948 London Olympics in 6:50.3; later a Buick-GMC dealer and UW Hall of Famer.
Water polo
Water polo is a seven-a-side aquatic team sport governed by World Aquatics and the oldest Olympic team sport (since 1900; women since 2000), played over four 8-minute quarters with a 28-second shot clock, 18-second exclusions, and a new 4x4 format debuting in 2026.
Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo: men's tournament since Paris 1900, women's since Sydney 2000; 12 men's and 10 women's teams at Paris 2024, expanding to 12 and 12 with full gender parity at LA28, held at the Long Beach Aquatics Center.
Water skiing
Water skiing: towed surface sport invented by Ralph Samuelson on Lake Pepin, Minnesota, 2 July 1922; competitive three-event format of slalom, tricks, and jump governed by bodies such as AWSA and IWWF.
Water speed record
Water speed record: fastest speed on water. Powered record 275.97 knots by Ken Warby, Spirit of Australia, 1978; sailing record 65.45 knots by Vestas Sailrocket 2, Paul Larsen, 2012, over 500 m.
Waterski & wakeboard
Waterski & wakeboard: towed surface water sports pulled by boat or cable, governed by the IWWF (founded 1946, Geneva). Covers slalom, tricks, jump, boat vs cable wakeboard, speeds, equipment, and World Games presence.
Waterskiing and wakeboarding
Waterskiing and wakeboarding are boat- or cable-towed water sports governed by the IWWF (founded 1946). Waterskiing uses forward-facing skis at 30–32 mph; wakeboarding uses a sideways stance on a binding board at 18–24 mph with ballast-enhanced wakes.
Wave pool
Wave pool: artificial pool with machine-generated waves, also called surf park or wave lagoon. Origins with Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845-1886); Big Surf, Tempe (1969) first surfable; Slater hydrofoil and Surf Abu Dhabi hold the height record.
Wayfarer (dinghy)
Wayfarer: 16-foot sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor in 1957 as a wooden teaching, racing, and cruising boat; GRP from 1965, Mark 4 by Phil Morrison after Hartley Boats bought the copyright in 2007; about 12,000 built.
Wayne Frye
Wayne Thomas Frye (1930–2014), American rower and Air Force colonel; won gold in the men's eight at Helsinki 1952 with the Naval Academy 'Great Eight', later flew 266 Vietnam combat missions.
Wayne Moore
Wayne Richard Moore (1931–2015), American freestyle swimmer; 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, Yale world-record holder, and later precision-engineering executive and author.
Wellenwerk
Wellenwerk Berlin is an indoor surfing facility in Berlin-Lichtenberg, opened November 2019 in a former waterworks hall, running the citywave standing wave, Berlin's only indoor surf wave, with a 10 × 18 m pool, 1.6 m wave, 27 °C water, and over 50 sessions weekly.
Wendy Boglioli
Wendy Boglioli (Wendy Lou Lansbach Boglioli, born 1955) is an American swimmer who won 1976 Montreal Olympic gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay with a world-record 3:44.82 and bronze in the 100 m butterfly.
Wendy Cook Hogg
Wendy Cook-Hogg, also Wendy Hogg, Canadian backstroke swimmer born 1956 in Vancouver; 1972 and 1976 Olympian, 1973 world bronze, 1974 Commonwealth triple gold and 100 m backstroke world record holder.
Wendy Fordyce
Wendy Fordyce, American swimmer of the 1960s from Coral Gables and Miami Springs, Florida; 1967 Pan American Games double gold medalist and 4x100-meter relay world record holder; 1968 US Olympic Trials competitor.
Wendy Quirk
Wendy Quirk (Wendy Patricia Quirk-Johnson), born 1959 in Montréal, Canadian butterfly and freestyle swimmer; 1976 Olympic finalist, triple 1978 Commonwealth gold medallist, 1978 World bronze medallist, barred from Moscow 1980 by Canada's boycott.
Werner Birr
Werner Birr, German freestyle swimmer of the late 1930s; 1938 European champion in the 4x200 m freestyle relay (9:17.6, London) and 1940 German 100 m freestyle champion for SV Berlin; held the 4x100 m freestyle relay world record (4:02.4, Copenhagen, 1938).
Werner Klatt
Werner Klatt (1948–2022), East German rower with ASK Vorwärts Rostock; world champion in coxless pairs (1970) and eights (1975), and Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight at Montreal 1976.
Werner Lampe
Werner Lampe (born 1952, Hannover), West German freestyle swimmer; 1972 Olympic bronze 200 m freestyle and silver 4x200 m relay, 1975 world relay champion, later DSV swimming director.
Werner Plath
Werner Plath (1918-1945), German freestyle swimmer of Wiking Berlin and Askania Berlin; 1936 Olympic 4x200m relay fifth, 1938 European relay gold and 400m silver, 4x100m relay world record holder; executed by the SS in 1945.