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Yevgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Korotyshkin (Евгений Коротышкин), born 1983, Russian butterfly swimmer; Olympic 100 m butterfly silver at London 2012 behind Phelps; six short-course world records; retired 2014.
Yevgeny Kuznetsov
Yevgeny Kuznetsov (Евгений Кузнецов) names two Russian Olympic medalists: a diver born 1990 (2012 synchro springboard silver, 2017 world champion) and a footballer born 1961 (1988 Olympic gold with the USSR).
Yevgeny Lagunov
Yevgeny Lagunov (born 1985) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer who competed at three Olympics, winning relay silver at Beijing 2008 and bronze at London 2012.
Yevgeny Rylov
Yevgeny Rylov (Евгений Рылов), Russian backstroke swimmer born 1996, double Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020 (100m and 200m backstroke), 2017 and 2019 world champion, suspended nine months by FINA in 2022.
Yevgeny Sadovy
Yevgeny Sadovy (Евгений Викторович Садовый, born 1973), Russian swimmer for the Unified Team; three 1992 Barcelona golds (200, 400, 4×200 free), world records 3:45.00 and 7:11.95; later a coach.
Yevgeny Sharonov
Yevgeny Sharonov (Евгений Константинович Шаронов), Soviet water polo goalkeeper born 1958 in Dzerzhinsk; 1980 Olympic gold, 1988 and 1992 bronze, 1982 world champion and best player, later Russian water polo federation president.
Yevhen Braslavets
Yevhen Braslavets (Євген Анатолійович Браславець), born 1972 in Dnipro, Ukrainian 470-class sailor; Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996 with Ihor Matviyenko, world and European champion 2001, 2000 flagbearer.
Yin Jian
Yin Jian (殷剑), born 1978 in Xichang, Sichuan, is a Chinese windsurfer who won silver at Athens 2004 (Mistral) and gold at Beijing 2008 (RS:X), China's first Olympic sailing gold, by one point over Alessandra Sensini; later a Sichuan sports administrator.
Yin Nian
Yin Nian, Chinese swimmer (CHN) of the 1990s; won silver in the 200 m freestyle (1:56.24) and gold in the 4x100 m (3:34.55 WR) and 4x200 m (7:51.92 WR) freestyle relays at the 1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in Gothenburg.
Ymkje Clevering
Ymkje Clevering (born 1995, Haulerwijk, Netherlands) is a Dutch rower, Olympic gold medalist in the women's coxless pair with Veronique Meester at Paris 2024 and silver medalist in the Tokyo 2020 coxless four.
Yngve Holm
Yngve Robert Holm (1895–1943), Swedish sailor, won gold in the 40 m² class aboard Sif at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; brother of Tore Holm, boat designer with his own shipyard in Ystad.
Yolane Kukla
Yolane Kukla, Australian sprint swimmer from Brisbane (St. Peters Western club), Olympic gold medallist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at London 2012 and 2010 Commonwealth Games 50 m freestyle champion.
Yoris Grandjean
Yoris Grandjean (born 1989, Liège) is a Belgian former sprint swimmer, 2008 Olympian, junior world champion, and European relay bronze medalist, now Florent Manaudou's physical trainer at CN Antibes.
Yoshi Oyakawa
Yoshi Oyakawa, full name Yoshinobu Oyakawa, is an American swimmer born in Hawaii in 1933 who won 100-meter backstroke gold at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (浜口喜博) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer who won a silver medal at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and later directed the national team.
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta
Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (鶴田義行), Japanese breaststroke swimmer (1903–1986); won the 200 m breaststroke at Amsterdam 1928 and Los Angeles 1932, first Japanese swimming gold medalist and first man to retain a breaststroke title.
Youride
Youride (YouRide, You Ride) names several unrelated businesses: a French kitesurf and snowboard shop in La Madeleine near Lille founded 2013, a Danish e-scooter subscription firm in Aalborg, an MTB guide in Finale Ligure, and a Casablanca surf shop.
Yrjo Hietanen
Yrjö Hietanen (Yrjö Jalmari Hietanen, 1927–2011), Finnish sprint canoeist; with Kurt Wires won K2 1,000 m and K2 10,000 m gold at Helsinki 1952, seventh at Melbourne 1956.
Yu Hexin
Yu Hexin (余贺新), Chinese sprint freestyle swimmer born 1996 in Guangzhou; four-time 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic gold medalist, two-time Asian Games champion, and Chinese record holder in the 50 m freestyle (21.68).
Yui Ohashi
Yui Ohashi (大橋悠依), Japanese swimmer born 1995 in Hikone, Shiga; double Olympic champion in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley at Tokyo 2020, first Japanese woman with two golds at one Summer Games; retired October 2024.
Yukiaki Okabe
Yukiaki Okabe (岡部•幸明), Japanese freestyle swimmer, 1941–2018; Waseda University. Won bronze in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Tokyo 1964 and held the 1963 long-course world record (8:09.8).
Yuko Nakanishi
Yuko Nakanishi (中西 悠子), born 1981 in Ikeda, Osaka, is a Japanese swimmer specializing in the 200 m butterfly: 2004 Athens Olympic bronze, three Olympics, and a short-course 200 fly world record of 2:03.12 (2008-2009).
Yuliya Efimova
Yuliya Efimova (Юлия Ефимова), Russian breaststroke swimmer born 1992 in Grozny; three-time Olympic medalist, six-time world champion, former 50 m breaststroke world record holder; distinct from the 2009-born junior swimmer and figure skater Alisa Efimova.
Yuliya Ryabchinskaya
Yuliya Ryabchinskaya (Юлія Петрівна Рябчинська, née Babak), Soviet Ukrainian kayak sprint canoeist, 1972 Munich Olympic K1 500 m champion (2:03.17) and 1971 K4 world champion, who drowned in January 1973 during a training camp in Poti, Georgia.
Yuliya Vasilyeva
Yuliya Vasilyeva (Юлия Олеговна Васильева), Russian synchronized swimmer born 1978 in Moscow; Olympic team gold at Sydney 2000 (99.146), European champion 1999 and 2000; distinct from the 1987-born runner of the same name.
Yury Filatov
Yury Filatov (Юрий Николаевич Филатов, Юрій Миколайович Філатов), born 1948, Soviet Ukrainian canoeist; two-time Olympic K-4 1000 m champion (Munich 1972, Montreal 1976) and 1970, 1971 world champion; not the football executive Valery Filatov.
Yury Lobanov
Yury Terentyevich Lobanov (Юрий Терентьевич Лобанов, 1952–2017), Soviet sprint canoeist born in Dushanbe; 1972 Olympic C2-1000 m gold with Vladas Česiūnas, first Tajikistani Olympic champion, 1980 bronze, multiple world titles.
Yury Malyshev
Yury Aleksandrovich Malyshev (Юрий Александрович Малышев), Soviet rower born 1947 in Khimki; won men's single sculls gold at Munich 1972 in 7:10.12 and later coached Russia's 2004 Olympic quadruple sculls champions. Distinct from cosmonaut Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev.
Yury Mukhin
Yury Mukhin (Юрий Мухин, born 1971) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won Olympic gold as a heat swimmer in the 1992 Unified Team 4×200 m relay.
Yury Stetsenko
Yury Stetsenko (Юрий Николаевич Стеценко), born 1945 in Kyiv, Soviet/Ukrainian sprint kayaker; 1972 Olympic K4 1000 m gold medalist, three-time world champion (1966 K2, 1970 and 1971 K4), 11-time Soviet champion.