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Betty Becker Pinkston
Betty Becker Pinkston (Elizabeth Anna Becker-Pinkston, 1903–1989), American Olympic diver; first woman to win two Olympic diving titles, gold in 1924 springboard and 1928 platform, silver 1924; wife and pupil of diver Clarence "Bud" Pinkston.
Beverley Whitfield
Beverley Whitfield (1954 to 1996) was an Australian breaststroke swimmer who won gold in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 1972 Munich Olympics and three golds at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.
Bianka Schwede
Bianka Schwede (Borrmann), born 1953 in Dresden, East German rower with SC Einheit Dresden; won gold in the women's coxed fours at the 1976 Montréal Olympics, East Germany's first female rowing gold, and world eights titles in 1974-1975.
Big Mama Surf School
Big Mama Surf School (Big Mama Surfschool), surf school in Lacanau-Océan, Gironde, France, at 4 Av. du Cantabria near Plage Nord; founded 2006, FFS and Famille Plus labels, state-certified instructors, courses from age 4, groups of 8 maximum.
Big wave surfing
Big wave surfing: riding waves of roughly 20 feet or more, from Hawaiian paddle-in roots at Waimea Bay to tow-in surfing at Jaws and Nazaré; records, The Eddie, and injury risk.
Bill Allen
Bill Allen (William Charles Allen) is an American competitive sailor who won Soling gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics crewing for Buddy Melges, and a renowned E Scow racer.
Bill Barrett
Bill Barrett (William Melvin Barrett), American swimmer, UCLA 1980-82; set 200m IM world record 2:03.24 at 1980 Olympic Trials, boycotted Moscow Olympics, won three NCAA 200-yard IM titles, captained UCLA's 1982 NCAA title team.
Bill Becklean
Bill Becklean (William Russell Becklean, born 23 June 1936, Kansas City, Missouri) is an American rowing coxswain who won gold in the men's eight at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after coxing Yale's crews.
Bill Bentsen
Bill Bentsen (William Bruce Bentsen, 1930–2020), American Olympic sailor: bronze Flying Dutchman Tokyo 1964 and gold Soling Munich 1972 crewing for Buddy Melges, later a leading racing rules administrator.
Bill Carr (olympedia 40578)
Bill Carr (William John Carr, 1876-1942), Irish-born American rower with Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won gold in the men's eights at the 1900 Paris Olympics. Not the 1932 sprinter Bill Carr.
Bill Cooper
Bill Cooper (William Hunting Cooper, 1910-1968), American sailor and UCLA-trained engineer with Douglas Aircraft; won 8 metres class gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics aboard Angelita, crewing for his uncle Owen Churchill.
Bill Craig
Bill Craig (William Norval Craig, 1945–2017), American breaststroke swimmer and USC Trojan; won 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold in the 4×100 m medley relay with the first-ever sub-four-minute swim (3:58.4 world record) and 1963 Pan American gold.
Bill Devenish
Bill (William) Devenish is an Australian swimmer who won 100m freestyle bronze and two relay golds, including a 4x200m world record, at the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games, then competed in masters swimming for NSW clubs.
Bill Forrester
Bill Forrester (William Ronald Forrester, Jr., born 1957), American swimmer: 1976 Olympic 200m butterfly bronze, 1975 and 1978 world champion, 4x200m freestyle relay world record holder, later GCAT coach.
Bill Jordan
Bill Jordan (William Conrad Jordan, 1898-1968) was an American Olympic rower, not the Realtree founder or Richmond coach of the same name. He won gold in the 1920 Antwerp men's eight for the US Naval Academy, then led Curtiss-Wright and Hughes Aircraft.
Bill Kirby
Bill Kirby (William Ashley Kirby, born 1975, Perth) is an Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Sydney 2000 with a world record, and founder of Kirby Swim; not the footballer or other namesakes.
Bill Knecht
Bill Knecht (William Joseph Knecht, 1930–1992), American rower, Vesper Boat Club; 1964 Olympic gold in eights, 1960 Olympian in double sculls, three Pan Am golds, and creator of the Cooper River rowing course.
Bill Mettler
Bill Mettler (William Roy Mettler, Jr., born 1946, Springfield, Ohio), American swimmer and lawyer. Yale All-American; won 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay as a heat swimmer; later Arizona litigation attorney.
Bill Miller (William Garfield "Bill"•Miller)
William Garfield "Bill" Miller (1905–1985), American rower of Philadelphia's Pennsylvania Barge Club; two Olympic silvers, coxless fours 1928 and single sculls 1932 behind Bobby Pearce; distinct from the pole vaulter and javelin Bill Millers.
Bill Mulliken
Bill Mulliken (William Danforth Mulliken, 1939-2014), American swimmer and Chicago lawyer; surprise 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m breaststroke (2:37.4), also 1959 Pan American Games champion and Hall of Fame Masters swimmer.
Bill Northam
Bill Northam (William Herbert Northam, 1905-1988), Australian sailor and businessman who won 5.5-metre class gold at Tokyo 1964 aboard Barrenjoey, Australia's first Olympic sailing gold and, at 59, the oldest Australian Olympic champion.
Bill Sawchuk
Bill Sawchuk (William Sawchuk, born 1959) is a Canadian swimmer from Roblin, Manitoba, who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, won Commonwealth and Pan American Games medals, and was selected for the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games.
Bill Smith (olympedia 51569)
Bill Smith, born William Melvin Smith, Jr. in Honolulu, was an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics and set seven world records.
Bill Thompson
Bill Thompson (William Gluyas Thompson, 1908–1956), American rower from Napa, California, who won gold in the men's eights for the United States at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics rowing for Cal, Berkeley; distinct from Don, Daley, and William Thompson.
Bill Varley
Bill Varley (William Michael Varley, 1880–1968), American rower of New York's Atalanta Boat Club; won 1904 St. Louis Olympic gold in double sculls and silver in coxless pairs with John Mulcahy.
Bill Woolsey
Bill Woolsey (William Tripp Woolsey, 1934-2022), American swimmer from Honolulu; won 4x200 m freestyle relay gold at Helsinki 1952 and silver at Melbourne 1956; NCAA champion at Indiana University.
Billy Dickey
Billy Dickey (William Eugene Dickey, 1874-1944), American swimmer of the New York AC, gold medallist in the plunge for distance (62 ft 6 in / 19.05 m) at the 1904 Olympics; not the Yankees catcher Bill Dickey.
Birgit Fischer Schmidt
Birgit Fischer Schmidt (Birgit Fischer-Schmidt), German sprint kayaker born 1962, won 8 Olympic golds and 4 silvers from 1980 to 2004 for East Germany and Germany, plus 27 world titles.
Birgit Meineke
Birgit Meineke (Meineke-Heukrodt), born 1964 in Berlin, East German freestyle swimmer; 1982 triple world champion, five-time 1983 European champion, multiple world record holder, and victim of the GDR's Oral-Turinabol doping program; later a surgeon.
Birgit Peter
Birgit Peter, married name Peter-Händle, is a German rower born in 1964 who won Olympic gold for East Germany in 1988 and unified Germany in 1992.