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Christian Gille
Christian Gille (born 1976, Wolfen) is a German sprint canoeist, Olympic C2 1000 m champion at Athens 2004 with Tomasz Wylenzek, silver and bronze medalist at Beijing 2008, later a Leipzig firefighter and José Carreras Leukemia Foundation ambassador.
Christian Jebe
Christian Fredrik Jebe (1876-1946), Norwegian sailor and civil engineer; won 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold in the 8-metre class aboard Taifun, which won both races; KNS Oslo member.
Christian Robert von Bulow
Christian Robert von Bulow (von Bülow af Radum, 1917–2002) was a Danish Dragon-class sailor, Olympic silver medalist at Melbourne 1956 aboard Tip and gold medalist at Tokyo 1964 aboard White Lady, sailing for Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub.
Christian Sprenger
Christian Sprenger (born 1985, Brisbane) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, Olympic silver and bronze medallist, 2013 world 100m breaststroke champion, and former 200m breaststroke world record holder (2:07.31, 2009).
Christiane Knacke
Christiane Knacke (Sommer), East German swimmer born 1962 in East Berlin, SC Dynamo Berlin; first woman under one minute for 100 m butterfly (59.78, 1977), 1980 Moscow Olympic bronze medalist, later a key witness against GDR doping.
Christiane Knetsch-Köpke
Christiane Knetsch-Köpke (née Knetsch, born 1956), East German rower for SG Dynamo Potsdam; double Olympic gold medalist in the women's eight at Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980, also 1975 world champion and 1978 world silver medalist.
Christine Caron
Christine "Kiki" Caron, born 1948 in Paris, is a French backstroke swimmer who set a 100 m world record in 1964 and won silver at the Tokyo Olympics that year.
Christine Gosden
Christine Gosden, born 1939 in York, England, is a retired British breaststroke swimmer who finished eighth at the 1956 Olympics and won medals at the 1958 European Championships.
Christine Roper
Christine Roper (Christine Faith Roper), Jamaican-born Canadian rower, 188 cm, Ottawa Rowing Club; won gold in the women's eight at Tokyo 2020 after finishing fifth at Rio 2016, with five world championship medals in the eight.
Christine Scheiblich
Christine Scheiblich, later Hahn-Scheiblich, East German rower born 1954 in Wilsdruff; first Olympic champion in women's single sculls, Montreal 1976 (4:05.56), and winner of the first four world titles in the event (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978).
Christoph Sieber
Christoph Sieber (born 1971, Wels, Austria) is an Austrian windsurfer who won Olympic gold in men's Mistral at Sydney 2000 and placed fifth at Barcelona 1992; later a 49er sailor and the Austrian Olympic Committee's sporting director.
Christopher Davies
Christopher Davies (born 1946), British sailor, won Flying Dutchman gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics crewing for Rodney Pattisson aboard Superdoso; won four of six races, skipped the final, 22.7 net points.
Chuck Bittick
Charles "Chuck" Bittick Jr. (1939-2005), American swimmer and water polo player; USC four-time NCAA backstroke champion, 200 m backstroke world record holder (2:17.6, 1960), 1960 Olympic water poloist.
Chuck Day
Chuck Day (Charles Ward Day, 1914-1962), American rower and University of Washington crew member who won gold in the men's eights at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; later a Navy doctor and Seattle gynecologist.
Cierra Runge
Cierra Runge (Runge-Burnell), born 1996 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is an American freestyle swimmer with NBAC Baltimore who won 4x200 m freestyle relay gold at Rio 2016 and at the 2015 and 2017 World Championships.
Cindy Schilling
Cindy Schilling, American swimmer and coach; USC AIAW relay champion 1976-1977, 1977 All-American, UCLA women's head coach 1981-82, later top Southern Pacific masters butterfly and IM swimmer; not Cindy Mabee or Cindy Nicholas.
Cinzia Ragusa
Cinzia Ragusa (Nunzia Cinzia Ragusa), Italian water polo defender born 1977 in Catania; Olympic gold at Athens 2004 with the Setterosa, 12 Italian titles with Orizzonte Catania, later coach of Slovak national teams.
Claire Curzan
Claire Curzan (born 2004) is an American swimmer from Cary, North Carolina, specializing in backstroke and butterfly; Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medalist, 2024 Doha World Championships MVP, and NCAA champion at Stanford and Virginia.
Claire Donahue
Claire Donahue (born 1989, Dallas) is an American butterfly swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, 2013 world champion in the same relay, and 2011 Pan American Games 100 m butterfly champion.
Claire Guttenstein
Claire Guttenstein (born Claire Frick, 1886–1948), Belgian swimmer, first woman to compete for Belgium at the Olympics (Stockholm 1912, 100 m freestyle) and 100 m freestyle world record holder 1910–1911.
Claire Huddart
Claire Huddart (Claire Marie Huddart, born 1971, Manchester) is a British freestyle swimmer who swam relays at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and set the short-course 4×200 m freestyle relay world record of 7:49.11 in 2000.
Clare Dennis
Clare Dennis (Clara Dennis, later Golding, 1916-1971), Australian breaststroke swimmer who won the 200m breaststroke gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics at 16, set 100m and 200m breaststroke world records, and won 1934 Empire Games gold.
Clark Smith
Clark Smith is an American swimmer who won a gold medal in the 2016 men's 4x200m freestyle relay in Rio. He set NCAA freestyle records for the Texas Longhorns.
Clarke Scholes
Clarke Scholes (Clarke Currie Scholes, 1930–2010), American swimmer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist in the 100 m freestyle (57.4, tied with Hiroshi Suzuki), 1955 Pan American Games double gold medalist, five-time NCAA champion for Michigan State.
Claudia Clevenger
Claudia Jean Clevenger (born 1955, San Jose, California), American breaststroke swimmer; 1972 Olympic fourth place in 200 m breaststroke and 1971 world record 4:27.3 in the 4x100 medley relay.
Claudia Hempel
Claudia Hempel (Thamke), born 1958 in Merseburg, East German swimmer with Berliner TSC; 1976 Olympic silver in 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1975 Cali world champion, later a sport school teacher in Cottbus.
Claudia Kolb
Claudia Kolb (Claudia Anne Kolb, born 1949, Hayward, California), American swimmer, Santa Clara SC: 1964 Tokyo silver in 200m breaststroke at 14, 1968 double IM gold, 23 world records, 25 AAU titles, Hall of Fame 1975.
Claudia Poll
Claudia Poll (Claudia María Poll Ahrens), Costa Rican swimmer born 1972 in Managua, won the 1996 Olympic 200 m freestyle gold, the first for Costa Rica and Central America, plus two Sydney bronzes and short-course world records.
Claus Juell
Claus Ludvig Juell (1902–1979), Norwegian sailor from Moss, KNS Oslo club member; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 10 metre class (1907 rating) as crew of the yacht Eleda, the event's only entrant.
Clay Britt
Clay Britt, American backstroke swimmer from Rockville, Maryland; three-time NCAA 100-yard backstroke champion for Texas (1980–82) with a 49.08 American record; later set 23 Masters World Records and entered MISHOF in 2021.