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Bonga Surf School
Bonga Surf School (Bonga Surf Family ASD), Porto Ferro near Alghero, Sardinia; founded 2013 by longboarder Marco "Bonga" Pistidda; three-level surf and SUP courses, Surf Therapy, SurFedAut, Girl Surf Power; 4.7/5 reviews.
Bonnie Mealing
Bonnie Mealing (Philomena Alecia Mealing-Johnston, 1912-2002), Australian backstroke swimmer; 100 m backstroke world record holder 1930-1932 and silver medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
Bonnie Stoll
Bonnie Stoll, American former pro racquetball player and personal trainer, was Diana Nyad's head handler and coach for the 2013 Cuba-to-Florida swim; co-founder of BravaBody and EverWalk; portrayed by Jodie Foster in Nyad.
Boris Dubrovsky
Boris Yakovlevich Dubrovsky (Борис Яковлевич Дубровский, 1939–2023), Soviet rower, won 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold in men's double sculls with Oleg Tyurin; also 1962 world silver and three European medals. Not the Chelyabinsk governor.
Boris Nikitin
Boris Vasilyevich Nikitin (Борис Васильевич Никитин), Soviet freestyle swimmer from Tbilisi (1938-1984); 1956 Olympic 4x200 m relay bronze medalist, 1956 world record holder, and 1958 European relay champion.
Bornholm Surf Shop
Surf Bornholm (Bornholm Surf Shop), Balka Strand, Bornholm: Denmark's oldest windsurfing school, founded 1977 by Steen Paldan, run by Bjarke Clausen; WWS and Dansk Sejlunion certified, rentals and courses from age 5-6.
Botond Storcz
Botond Storcz, born 1975 in Budapest, is a Hungarian sprint kayaker who won three Olympic golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 and later coached the national team.
Bowe Becker
Bowe Becker (Bowen Becker), American swimmer born 1997 in Chicago; 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 m freestyle relay for Team USA; former Minnesota Gopher, Cali Condors ISL swimmer.
Boy Charlton
Boy Charlton (Andrew Murray Charlton, 1907-1975), Australian freestyle swimmer nicknamed the Manly Flying Fish; won 1500 m gold at Paris 1924 in world record time, five Olympic medals across three Games, Hall of Fame 1972.
Boyce Budd
Boyce Budd (Harold Boyce Budd, Jr., born 1939) is an American rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the Vesper Boat Club, and won Henley titles with Cambridge in 1962.
Božo Vuletić
Božo Vuletić is a Croatian former water polo player and coach, born in 1958 in Dubrovnik, who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Brad Bridgewater
Brad Bridgewater (Bradley Michael Bridgewater, born 1973, Charleston, West Virginia), American backstroke swimmer; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m backstroke (1:58.54), also 1995 Pan Am champion and 2000 short-course world silver medalist.
Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper (Bradford Paul Cooper, born 1954) is an Australian swimmer who won 1972 Olympic 400 m freestyle gold after Rick DeMont's doping disqualification; world record holder at 400 and 800 m freestyle.
Brad Schumacher
Brad Schumacher (Bradley Darrell Schumacher, born 1974, Bowie, Maryland), American swimmer and water polo player; two relay golds at Atlanta 1996, water polo at Sydney 2000; KAP7 co-founder.
Bradley Lewis
Bradley Alan Lewis (born 1954, Los Angeles) is an American rower who won gold in the men's double sculls with Paul Enquist at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics after winning the US Trials; later a filmmaker and author.
Breaststroke
Breaststroke: chest-down competitive swimming stroke with simultaneous arm pull and frog kick, an Olympic event since 1904; slowest, least efficient of the four strokes, governed by World Aquatics rules.
Breeja Larson
Breeja Larson (born 1992, Mesa, Arizona) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay (heats) and 6th in the 100 m breaststroke; Texas A&M Aggie, 2013 world champion, retired swimmer turned mindset mentor.
Bremgartner Welle
Bremgartner Welle: standing river surf wave on the Reuss at Bremgarten, Aargau, Switzerland, formed at the Honeggerwehr, a former textile-industry weir; surfable above 200 m3/s, refurbished by the Swiss Canoe Association in 2006.
Brenda Helser
Brenda Helser (Brenda Mersereau Helser, Countess de Morelos y Guerrero, 1924–2001), American swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1948 London Olympics in Olympic record time; also fifth in the 400 m freestyle and a multiple AAU champion.
Brenda Taylor
Brenda Taylor refers to two Olympians: Canadian rower Brenda Susan Taylor (born 1962), double 1992 Barcelona gold medallist in coxless fours and eights, and American 400m hurdler Brenda N. Taylor (born 1979), seventh at Athens 2004.
Brendan Hansen
Brendan Hansen, American breaststroke swimmer born 1981 in Havertown, Pennsylvania; three-time Olympian with six medals (3 gold in 4x100 medley relay), world record holder in 100m and 200m breaststroke, 13-time NCAA champion at Texas, later USA Swimming National Junior Team Director.
Breno Correia
Breno Martins Correia, Brazilian freestyle swimmer born 1999 in Salvador, Bahia; 2018 short-course world champion and world record holder in the 4x200m freestyle relay (6:46.81); Olympian at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Brent Lang
Brent Lang (Brent Dennis Lang, born 1968) is an American swimmer and executive; Olympic gold medalist in the 1988 4x100 m freestyle relay, four-time NCAA champion for Michigan, and former president and CEO of Vocera Communications.
Brenton Rickard
Brenton Rickard (born 1983, Brisbane) is a retired Australian breaststroke swimmer, dual Olympian, 2008 double Olympic silver medallist, and 2009 world 100m breaststroke champion in a then world record 58.58.
Breti Surfschool
Breti Surfschool (Bréti Surfschool), surf school founded 2016 at Plage des Dunes 1, Brétignolles-sur-Mer, Vendée, France; BPJEPS-certified instructor Olivier; lessons from age 6, video coaching, board and wetsuit rental.
Brian Brinkley
Brian Brinkley (born 1953 in Bedford, England) is a British former competitive swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Brian Goodell
Brian Goodell (born 1959, Stockton, California), American distance swimmer; 1976 Montreal double gold medalist in 400 m and 1,500 m freestyle, both in world-record times; five world records; 1980 boycott ended his career; later Mission Viejo mayor.
Brian Job
Brian Gregory Job (1951-2019), American breaststroke swimmer; 1968 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m breaststroke, 1971 Pan Am Games gold medalist in the medley relay, and 200 m breaststroke world record holder (2:23.5).
Brian Johns
Brian Johns (Brian Lawrence Johns), Canadian swimmer born 1982 in Regina, Saskatchewan; three-time Olympian (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008) and short course 400 m IM world record holder (4:02.72, 2003).
Brian McMahon
Brian McMahon (Robert Brian McMahon, born 1961, Toronto) is a Canadian rower, not the hockey player of the same name, who won gold in the men's eights at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and placed sixth at Seoul 1988.