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David Dunlop
David Dunlop was a Scottish shipping agent and sailor, a crew member aboard Hera, which won gold in the 12-meter class at the 1908 London Olympics.
David Forbes
David Forbes (1934-2022), Australian Star-class sailor, three-time Olympian (1968, 1972, 1976) and Munich 1972 gold medallist with John Anderson; also 5.5m world champion, America's Cup sailor, and Shelley Ecks founder. Not the US sailor from Baltimore.
David Fox
David Ashley Fox (born 1971), American sprint freestyle swimmer from Raleigh, North Carolina; 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1995 world record holder, NC State swimmer, NC Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
David Hesser
David A. Hesser (January 1884 – 13 February 1908), American swimmer and water polo player of the New York Athletic Club; won gold in men's water polo at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics and placed fourth in the 4 x 50 yards freestyle relay.
David Larson
David Larson, fully David Erwin Larson, is an American swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
David Plummer
David Plummer (born 1985, Norman, Oklahoma) is a retired American backstroke swimmer, 2016 Rio Olympian who won 100m backstroke bronze and 4x100m medley relay gold after missing the 2012 team by 0.12 seconds.
David Popovici
David Popovici, Romanian freestyle swimmer (born 2004, Bucharest), Olympic 200m freestyle champion and 100m bronze medalist at Paris 2024; first swimmer to win the 100m and 200m freestyle world titles twice (2022, 2025).
David Wilkie
David Wilkie (1954-2024), Scottish breaststroke swimmer; won 200m breaststroke gold at Montreal 1976 in world record 2:15.11, first British male Olympic swimming gold in 68 years; popularized cap and goggles.
David Young
David King Young (1907–1988), American swimmer from Atlanta, Georgia; 1927 NCAA 150-yard backstroke champion for Georgia Tech and heat swimmer for the gold-medal, world-record US 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.
Davide Tizzano
Davide Tizzano, Italian rower (1968-2025), double Olympic champion in quadruple sculls Seoul 1988 and double sculls Atlanta 1996 with Agostino Abbagnale; later president of the Italian Rowing Federation and the Mediterranean Games committee.
Davis Tarwater
Davis Tarwater (born 1984, Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay and 2009 world champion in the same event, and a three-time NCAA champion for Michigan.
Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser AC MBE (born 1937, Balmain) is an Australian swimmer who won 100m freestyle gold at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics, took eight Olympic medals, set 39 world records, and was the first woman under one minute for 100m freestyle.
Dean Crawford
Dean Crawford (1958-2023), Canadian rower from Victoria, BC, won gold in the men's coxed eight at Los Angeles 1984 by 0.42 seconds over the USA; later president of Swimming Canada.
Debbie Meyer
Debbie Meyer (Deborah Elizabeth Meyer) is an American swimmer, born 1952, the first woman to win three individual Olympic golds at one Games, at Mexico City 1968.
Debbie Watson
Debbie Watson (Deborah Kathleen Watson), Australian water polo player born 1965 in Sydney; captained Australia 1991-1996 and won the first Olympic women's water polo gold at Sydney 2000, plus 1984 and 1995 World Cups and the 1986 world championship.
Deena Deardurff
Deena Diane Deardurff (later Schmidt), American swimmer born 1957 in Cincinnati, Ohio; Cincinnati Marlins member who won 1972 Munich Olympic gold in the 4x100 m medley relay, placed fourth in the 100 m butterfly, and later publicly disclosed coach abuse.
Deep diving
Deep diving (freediving): breath-hold descent to maximum depth in open water, via CWT, CNF, FIM, or variable-weight sled disciplines under AIDA and CMAS rules; median competition personal best 46.5 m, elite divers exceed 110 m.
Dejan Dabovic
Dejan Dabović (Дејан Дабовић), Yugoslav water polo player born 1944 in Herceg Novi, won gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, earned 110 caps with 53 goals, and died of COVID-19 in Belgrade in 2020.
Denes Pocsik
Dénes Pócsik (1940–2004), Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 1964, bronze 1968, silver 1972; 86 caps 1960–72; 1962 European champion; later coached Kuwait, the Netherlands, Hungary women, and Australia.
Denis Gargaud Chanut
Denis Gargaud Chanut, French canoe slalom paddler (also Denis Benoît Gargaud Chanut), born 1987 in Apt, Olympic C1 gold at Rio 2016, 2011 world champion, 2021 European champion, retired April 2025.
Denis Pankratov
Denis Vladimirovich Pankratov (Денис Панкратов), Russian butterfly swimmer born 1974 in Volgograd; double 1996 Olympic champion (100/200 m fly), 1995 world-record holder whose underwater style prompted the 15-meter rule.
Dennis Rounsavelle
Dennis Rounsavelle (1940-2002), American swimmer for El Segundo High and USC; 1958 CIF 500-yard freestyle champion, 1960 NCAA 440-yard freestyle titlist, and 1959 world record holder in the 400-meter individual medley at 5:04.5.
Derek Porter
Derek Porter (Derek Porter-Nesbitt), born 1967 in Belfast, is a Canadian rower: 1992 Olympic gold in the men's eight, 1993 single sculls world champion, 1996 Olympic silver, later a Vancouver chiropractor.
Detlef Hofmann
Detlef Hofmann (born 1963, Karlsruhe) is a German sprint canoe coach and retired kayaker, Olympic K4 1000 m gold medalist at Atlanta 1996, a multiple K4 world champion, banned two years for testosterone before Barcelona 1992, later DKV Bundestrainer.
Dezso Fabian
Dezso Fabian (Dezső Fábián, 1918–1973), Hungarian water polo player and breaststroke swimmer nicknamed Zsöde; silver at London 1948, gold at Helsinki 1952, later championship-winning FTC coach.
Dezso Gyarmati
Dezso Gyarmati (Dezső Gyarmati, 1927–2013), Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic medals at five Games (gold 1952, 1956, 1964), European champion 1954 and 1962, coached Hungary to 1976 Olympic gold.
Dezso Lemhenyi
Dezso Lemhenyi (Lemhényi Dezső, born Kollmann, 1917–2003), Hungarian water polo player: 1948 Olympic silver, 1952 Olympic gold; later coached Hungarian, French, and Canadian national teams and founded the Hungarian Olympic Champions Club.
Diana Mocanu
Diana Iuliana Mocanu, Romanian swimmer born 1984 in Brăila; double Olympic backstroke champion at Sydney 2000, Romania's first swimming gold medalist, 2001 world 200 m backstroke champion, retired 2004, later a coach and federation vice president.
Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad, born 1949, is an American long-distance swimmer who in 2013 became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, at age 64.
Diane Bui Duyet
Diane Bui Duyet (Bui-Duyet), born 1979 in Nouméa, is a French butterfly swimmer who set the short-course 100m butterfly world record of 55.05 in Istanbul in 2009, won European silver, seven French titles, and later became a deputy mayor of Nouméa.