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Busua Beach
Busua Beach is a curved bay of golden sand in Busua, a fishing village in Ghana's Western Region, widely regarded as Ghana's leading surf beach.
Butterfly stroke
Butterfly stroke, or Butterfly swimming, is a competitive swimming stroke that debuted in the 1956 Melbourne Games. It was recognized as a separate stroke by FINA in 1952.
Caeleb Dressel
Caeleb Dressel (born 1996) is an American sprint swimmer with nine Olympic golds (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), the 100m butterfly world record 49.45, and a 2022 mental-health break and comeback.
Caitlin Ryan Regal
Caitlin Ryan Regal (Caitlin Ryan-Regal, née Ryan) is a New Zealand canoe sprint kayaker, born 1992 in Takapuna, who won K2 500m Olympic gold with Lisa Carrington at Tokyo 2020 in an Olympic best 1:35.785 and retired in 2022.
Cala della Morte
Cala della Morte, a rocky cove and right-hand surf spot at Santa Marinella, Lazio, Italy, near Rome; named for its dangerous rocky access, it works on large southwest swells.
Caleta Los Piures
Caleta Los Piures is a bay and surf break near Punta de Lobos, 6 km south of Pichilemu, O'Higgins Region, Chile, also a seaweed-gathering cove on the Ruta de los Abastos; a namesake fishing cove exists in Biobío.
Calum Jarvis
Calum Jarvis (born 1992, Ystrad, Wales) is a Welsh swimmer, Olympic gold medallist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Tokyo 2020, two-time world champion (2015, 2017), and 2014 Commonwealth bronze medallist, later a Bath coach.
Camelia Macoviciuc Mihalcea
Camelia Macoviciuc-Mihalcea, Romanian rower born 1968 in Hudești, won gold in the women's lightweight double sculls with Constanța Burcică at Atlanta 1996 and the 1999 world title, later fifth at Athens 2004.
Camelia Potec
Camelia Alina Potec, Romanian swimmer born 1982 in Brăila, won 200 m freestyle gold at Athens 2004, competed at four straight Olympics (2000-2012), and leads Romania's swimming federation.
Cameron van der Burgh
Cameron van der Burgh, South African breaststroke swimmer born 1988 in Pretoria; Olympic 100 m breaststroke champion London 2012 in world record 58.46, Rio 2016 silver behind Adam Peaty; retired 2018, announced 2028 comeback.
Camilla Kemp
Camilla Kemp, German professional surfer born in Portugal (nation change 2020), first German woman to qualify for Olympic surfing at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games; competed at Paris 2024 Teahupo'o, eliminated in round 2 with 4.94.
Camille Muffat
Camille Muffat (1989-2015), French swimmer, London 2012 Olympic champion in the 400 m freestyle with silver and bronze also; died in the Dropped helicopter crash in Argentina.
Campi School Windsurf Kayak Canoa
Campi School Windsurf Kayak Canoa, a water sports school at Baia di Campi near Vieste, Apulia, Italy, offering windsurf, kayak, and canoe activities; beginner-friendly beach spot, open 9:00-19:00 daily.
Candy Costie
Candy Costie (Candace Costie, later Burke and Merrill), American synchronized swimmer born 1963 in Seattle; with Tracie Ruiz won the first Olympic synchronized swimming gold, the 1984 duet, in 195.584 points; ISHOF 1995.
Canoe marathon world championship
ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, the annual world title event for long-distance kayak and canoe racing with portages. First held Nottingham 1988, annual since 1999; Hungary leads with 73 titles; 2026 edition in Gualeguaychu, Argentina.
Canoe slalom
Canoe slalom is an ICF-governed whitewater race through 18–25 suspended gates, scored as run time plus 2-second touches and 50-second misses; Olympic since Munich 1972, with kayak cross added at Paris 2024.
Canoe slalom world championships
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, the world title event for whitewater canoe slalom, first held Geneva 1949; held every non-Olympic year since 2002; latest edition Oklahoma City 2026.
Canoe sprint
Canoe sprint, also called flatwater canoeing, is the Olympic racing discipline in canoes (C) and kayaks (K) over 200m to 5,000m in single, double, and quadruple boats. Governed by the ICF, a medal sport since Berlin 1936, dominated by Hungary and Germany.
Canoe sprint world championships
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, the flatwater canoe and kayak world titles first held at Vaxholm, Sweden in 1938; run every non-Olympic year since 1970, include Paracanoe since 2010, and are led in medals by Hungary.
Canoeing
Canoeing: paddling a canoe, a sharp-ended boat with the paddler facing forward; the kayak counts too. Covers ancient origins, the Canadian fur trade, Olympic sprint and slalom since 1936, technique, and safety.
Caparica Evolution Surf School
Caparica Evolution Surf School (kevolutionsurf.com) is a surf and bodyboard school in Costa da Caparica, Portugal, founded by local surfer Fernando "Salta" Salta; RNAAT 140/2016 registered, lessons from €30, rated 4.7 on Tripadvisor.
Capbreton Surf School
The surf schools of Capbreton, Landes, are state-qualified businesses teaching on the town's seven beaches, where the mayor's 2022 authorization system granted 24 authorizations before courts suspended it in 2023.
Capo Mannu
Capo Mannu is a limestone promontory on Sardinia's Sinis peninsula, Oristano province, and Italy's most famous surf spot: a powerful right-hand reef point break driven by mistral swells, best October to April.
Caren Metschuck
Caren Metschuck (Caren Mahn), born 1963 in Greifswald, East German swimmer who won three golds and a silver at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, set two relay world records, and was later linked to GDR doping.
Carie Graves
Carie Graves (Carolyn Brand Graves, 1953–2021), American rower and coach; bronze 1976 and gold 1984 Olympic women's eight, 1980 boycott, three world silvers, first head coach at Northeastern and Texas rowing.
Carin Cone
Carin Cone (Carin Alice Cone-Vanderbush, 1940-2025), American backstroke swimmer; 1956 Olympic silver in 100 m backstroke after a 1:12.9 dead-heat with Judy Grinham; 16 AAU titles, seven world records, 1959 Pan Am double gold.
Carina Bar
Carina Bär (Bär-Mennigen), German rower born 1990 in Heilbronn; Olympic silver 2012 and gold 2016 in women's quadruple sculls, world champion 2013 and 2014; later a physician and German Rowing Association vice president.
Carissa Moore
Carissa Moore (Carissa Kainani Moore), born 1992 in Honolulu, is a Hawaiian professional surfer with five WSL world titles (2011-2021), the first Olympic women's surfing gold (Tokyo 2020), 30 Championship Tour wins, and a 2026 comeback as a mother.
Carl Ebbe Andersen
Carl Ebbe Andersen (Carl-Ebbe Andersen, 1929-2009), Danish rower and coxswain from Roskilde Roklub; won 1948 London Olympic gold in men's coxed pairs with Finn Pedersen and Tage Henriksen, his only Games.
Carl Hellstrom
Carl Hellstrom (Carl Leopold Hellström, 1864–1962), Swedish sailor and helmsman from Göteborg; silver in the 8-metre class on Vinga at London 1908 and gold in the 10-metre class on Kitty at Stockholm 1912, Sweden's first Olympic sailing medals.