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Diane Johannigman
Diane Johannigman, Cincinnati-born University of Houston swimmer 1978-81, won four AIAW butterfly titles including three straight 200-yard butterfly crowns, set American records, and entered the UH Hall of Honor in 2006.
Dick Blick
Dick Blick (Richard Adolph Blick), American swimmer born 1940 in Los Angeles; won gold in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1960 Rome Olympics in world-record time 8:10.2, and won 11 NAIA titles at North Central College.
Dick Cleveland
Richard Fitch "Dick" Cleveland (1929–2002), Hawaiian-born American sprint freestyle swimmer, Ohio State All-American, 1952 Olympian, 1951 Pan Am triple gold medalist, and first swimmer to use heavy weight training.
Dick Degener
Dick Degener (Richard Kempster Degener, 1912-1995), American springboard diver: 1932 Olympic bronze and 1936 Olympic gold in men's 3m springboard, multiple AAU, NCAA, and Big Ten titles, ISHOF inductee 1971.
Dick Eve
Dick Eve (Richmond Cavill Eve, 1901-1970), Australian diver of the Cavill swimming family; won gold in plain high diving at Paris 1924, fifth in springboard; later Manly baths manager and Eve Rocker inventor.
Dick Hanley
Dick Hanley (Richard Dennis Hanley, 1936–2022), American freestyle swimmer; 1956 Melbourne Olympic silver medalist in the 4x200 m freestyle relay, fifth in the 100 m free, and 200 m freestyle world record holder (2:01.5, 1957).
Dick Joyce
Dick Joyce (Richard John Joyce), New Zealand rower born 1946 in Wellington, won Olympic gold in the coxed four at Mexico City 1968 and the men's eight at Munich 1972; distinct from the 1965 baseball pitcher Dick Joyce.
Dick Murphy
Dick Murphy (Richard Frederick Murphy, 1931-2023), American Naval Academy rower who won gold in the men's eights at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; distinct from baseball, basketball, and boxing namesakes.
Dick Roth
Dick Roth (Richard William Roth, 1947–2025), American swimmer who won the first Olympic 400 m individual medley at Tokyo 1964 in a world-record 4:45.4 while recovering from appendicitis; later a Hall of Fame honoree.
Dick Sargeant
Dick Sargeant (James Fred Robert Sargeant, born 1936, Kobe, Japan) is an Australian Olympic sailor, gold medalist in the 5.5-metre class on Barrenjoey at Tokyo 1964, Australia's first sailing gold, and fourth in the Flying Dutchman at Mexico City 1968; also 1962 America's Cup Gretel crew.
Dick Southwood
Dick Southwood (Leslie Frank Southwood, 1906–1986) was a British rower, 1936 Olympic double sculls gold medalist with Jack Beresford, fourth in the 1932 single sculls, and 1933 Wingfield Sculls winner.
Dickie Burnell
Dickie Burnell was a British rower and journalist who won gold in the double sculls at the 1948 London Olympics with Bert Bushnell, then became rowing correspondent of The Times.
Diego Botin Sanz de Sautuola
Diego Botín Sanz de Sautuola, Spanish 49er sailor born 1993 in Santander; Olympic gold Paris 2024 with Florian Trittel, 49er world champion 2025, SailGP Season 4 champion helming Spain's Los Gallos.
Dieter Arend
Dieter Arend (Dietrich Kurt Julius Arend, 1914-1987), German rowing coxswain of Ruderklub am Wannsee; won Olympic gold in the men's coxed pair at Berlin 1936 with Adamski and Gustmann, and German titles in 1936, 1943, and 1944.
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Grahn (born 1944, Sobótka/Zobten) is a German rower and coach; East German coxless four Olympic champion 1968 and 1972, world champion 1966 and 1970, later Bundestrainer of the German men's eight.
Dieter Krause
Dieter Krause (1936–2020), East German flatwater canoeist; won gold in the one-off K1 4×500 m kayak relay at Rome 1960 for the unified German team, later a sports official and revealed Stasi informant.
Dieter Wendisch
Dieter Wendisch (born 1953), East German rower, SC Einheit Dresden; two Olympic rowing golds, eights at Montreal 1976 and coxed fours at Moscow 1980, plus world titles 1975, 1977, 1978.
Dimitrie Popescu
Dimitrie Popescu (1961–2023) was a Romanian rower who competed at four Olympics, 1984–1996, winning gold in the 1992 coxed four plus two silvers and a bronze, and the same medal set at world championships, later coaching CSA Steaua and the national team.
Dino Surf School
Dino Surf School is a surf spot and surf school location at Pelena South near Weligama, Sri Lanka, with beginner-friendly A-frame waves and surfable conditions year round.
Dirk Richter
Dirk Richter names several Germans: an Olympic swimmer (born 1964, Cottbus, backstroke, two relay bronzes 1988/1992) and a sociologist and psychiatric care researcher (born 1962, Bern).
Dirk Schreyer
Dirk Schreyer (1944–2025), West German rower of the Ratzeburger Ruderclub, won 1968 Olympic gold in the Deutschland-Achter under Karl Adam, plus 1965/1967 European and 1966 world titles, and carried the Olympic flag at Munich 1972.
Dirk Uittenbogaard
Dirk Uittenbogaard (Lucas Theodoor Dirk Uittenbogaard), Dutch rower born 1990 in Amsterdam, Nereus club; Olympic gold in quadruple sculls Tokyo 2020 and bronze in the eight Rio 2016; 2019 world champion.
Dirty Hippies
Dirty hippies: pejorative for unkempt hippies since the late 1960s, used by critics and affectionately in festival culture; also a Sumbawa surf break, Phuket coffeeshop, and Cyberpunk RED faction.
Disney's River Country
Disney's River Country: Walt Disney World's first water park, opened June 20, 1976 beside Fort Wilderness on Bay Lake, closed September 1, 2001, demolished 2019; site now Disney Lakeshore Lodge.
Diving
Diving: acrobatic water entry from 1–3 m springboard or 5–10 m platform, judged 0–10 and multiplied by degree of difficulty; Olympic since 1904, synchro since 2000, China dominant.
Diving (sport)
Diving (sport): competitive springboard and platform acrobatic diving into water, judged by World Aquatics rules. Key facts: 1 m/3 m boards, 5-10 m platforms, DD 1.2-4.1, seven judges, Olympic since 1904, China's Paris 2024 eight-gold sweep.
Dmitry Balandin
Dmitry Balandin (Дмитрий Игоревич Баландин), born 1995 in Almaty, is a Kazakh swimmer who won the 200 m breaststroke at Rio 2016, Kazakhstan's first Olympic swimming medal, and swept the 2014 Asian Games breaststroke titles.
Dmitry Komornikov
Dmitry Komornikov (Dmitry Vasilyevich Komornikov, Дмитрий Васильевич Коморников), born 1981, is a Russian breaststroke swimmer who set a 200 m world record in 2003 and swam at three Olympic Games.
Dmitry Lepikov
Dmitry Lepikov (Дмитрий Михайлович Лепиков), born 1972, Russian freestyle swimmer; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold and world record 7:11.95 in the 4x200 m freestyle relay for the Unified Team; not the weightlifter Dmitry Lapikov.
Dmitry Sautin
Dmitry Sautin is a Russian diver, born in 1974 in Voronezh, who won eight Olympic medals across five Games from 1992 to 2008, the most of any male diver.