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Fernando Scherer
Fernando de Queiroz Scherer, 'Xuxa' (born 1974, Florianópolis), Brazilian sprint swimmer; two Olympic bronzes (50 m free Atlanta 1996, 4x100 m free relay Sydney 2000), short-course 4x100 m relay world records, retired 2007. Not Fernando Scheffer.
Ferry Weertman
Ferry Weertman, Dutch open water swimmer (born 1992, Naarden), 2016 Rio Olympic 10 km champion by photo finish, 2017 world champion, five European titles 2014-2018, retired 2021, now World Aquatics committee vice chair.
Filip Adamski
Filip Adamski (Filip Kamil Adamski), German rower born 1983 in Wroclaw; 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight and 2009 world champion in the same boat class.
Filip Ericson
Filip Ericson (John Filip Ericsson, 1882–1951), Swedish sailor from Göteborg and GKSS member; won gold in the 10-metre class aboard Kitty at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Sweden's first sailing gold.
Filip Filipovic
Filip Filipović (Филип Филиповић), Serbian water polo player born 1987 in Belgrade; left-handed right winger, two-time Olympic gold medalist (2016, 2020), captain, 382 caps and 679 international goals, distinct from CrossFit and powerlifting namesakes.
Finn Butcher
Finn Butcher (born 1995, Dunedin) is a New Zealand canoe slalom and kayak cross paddler, nicknamed Fun, who won the first Olympic men's kayak cross gold at Paris 2024 and is a six-time NZ national champion.
Finn Florijn
Finn Florijn, Dutch rower (born 1999, Leiden), son of Ronald Florijn, brother of Karolien. Tokyo 2020 single sculls ended by COVID-19; gold in men's quadruple sculls at Paris 2024; world titles 2023 and 2025.
Finn Haunstoft
Finn Haunstoft (1928-2008), Danish canoe sprint paddler, won C2 1,000 m gold with Peder Rasch at Helsinki 1952 in 4:38.3 and finished sixth in the C2 10,000 m with Aksel Duun at Melbourne 1956.
Finn Pedersen
Finn Pedersen (1925–2012), Danish rower from Roskilde Roklub; Olympic gold in coxed pairs at London 1948 with Tage Henriksen and cox Carl-Ebbe Andersen; 1954 European coxless pairs champion with Kjeld Østrøm; not the footballer or other namesakes.
Firewire Surfboards
Firewire Surfboards is a surfboard manufacturer founded in 2006 on Australia's Gold Coast, known for epoxy boards with EPS cores, parabolic rails, and designs by Rob Machado.
First Peak
First Peak is the name of a wave-reflection surf break at Sebastian Inlet, Florida, 20-100 m from the north jetty, and of summits on Mount Seymour (Pump Peak), the Adirondack Tongue Range, and in Grayson County, Virginia.
Fitenia Surf Spot
La Fitenia (Fitenia) is a reef surf spot at Playa de las Américas, Tenerife, Canary Islands, breaking left and right on volcanic reef. Works best on S/SW swell with N/NE offshore wind; hosts Spanish championship surfing.
Florence Chadwick
Florence Chadwick (1918-1995), San Diego marathon swimmer; first woman to swim the English Channel both ways (1950 France-England 13:23 record, 1951 England-France 16:22); four crossings in ten attempts; first woman to swim the Catalina Channel (1952).
Florent Manaudou
Florent Manaudou, French swimmer (born 1990, Villeurbanne), Olympic 50 m freestyle champion at London 2012 and six-time Olympic medalist; first swimmer with four medals in the event; retired August 2026 at 35.
Florian Mennigen
Florian Mennigen (born 1982, Ratzeburg) is a German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight at London 2012, three-time world champion (2009–2011), and 2008 Beijing Olympian; later a sport psychologist.
Florian Trittel
Florian Trittel Paul (born 1994, Münsterlingen, Switzerland) is a Spanish sailor, 49er Olympic gold medallist with Diego Botín at Paris 2024, SailGP Season 4 champion wing trimmer for Los Gallos, and 2024 Rolex World Sailor of the Year.
Florian Wellbrock
Florian Wellbrock, German swimmer (born 1997, Bremen; SC Magdeburg), Olympic 10 km open water champion Tokyo 2020 and 1500 m bronze medalist; 2019 Gwangju double world champion, 2025 Singapore four-gold open water sweep, 2026 European champion.
Florica Lavric
Florica Lavric (1962–2014), Romanian rower, won gold in the women's coxed four at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with Fricioiu, Apostol, Homeghi-Bularda, and cox Ioja, plus World silvers in 1983 and 1985 and 1986 eight bronze.
Florimond Cornellie
Florimond Cornellie (Florimond Joseph Cornellie, 1894–1978), Belgian sailor of Royal Yacht Club Oostende; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the Three-Person Keelboat (6m, 1907 rating) aboard Edelweiss II with his father Émile Cornellie and Frédéric-Albert Bruynseels.
Florin Popescu
Florin Popescu (born 1974, Iancu Jianu, Romania) is a sprint canoeist and coach, Olympic C2 1000 m gold and C2 500 m bronze medalist at Sydney 2000 with Mitică Pricop, and a seven-time flatwater world champion.
Flow House Bangkok 2. 0
Flow House Bangkok (โฟลว์ เฮาส์ แบงค็อก) is an urban beach club in Bangkok, Thailand, built around a FlowRider wave machine where visitors bodyboard and surf.
Flow Rider
The Flow Rider is a stationary wave machine invented by surfer Tom Lochtefeld, first installed in Texas in 1991 and now at more than 280 venues in over 50 countries.
Flysch Surf Eskola
Flysch Surf Eskola (Flysch Surf) is a surf school in Zumaia, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, on Itzurun beach. It teaches surf, bodyboard, and paddle surf, rents gear, and runs SUP trips on the flysch coast and Urola river.
Folke Bohlin
Folke Ivar Reinhold Bohlin (1906–1972) was a Swedish sailor from Göteborg who won Olympic silver in the Dragon class in 1948 and gold in 1956, helming boats named Slaghoken.
Ford Konno
Ford Hiroshi Konno, born in Honolulu in 1933, is an American freestyle swimmer who won two gold and two silver medals at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics.
Fran Halsall
Fran Halsall is a retired British sprint swimmer who competed at three Olympic Games and won gold in the mixed medley relay at the 2015 World Championships.
Frances Rivett-Carnac
Frances Rivett-Carnac (1874–1962) was a British sailor who won 1908 Olympic gold in the 7-meter class aboard her husband Charles's yacht Heroine.
Frances Schroth
Frances Cowells Schroth (1893–1961), American swimmer from Oakland, won gold in the 4×100 m freestyle relay plus two individual bronzes at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, set a relay world record, and was the wife of water polo medalist George Schroth.
Francesco Attolico
Francesco Attolico, "Airone Azzurro", Italian water polo goalkeeper born 1963 in Bari; Barcelona 1992 Olympic gold and Atlanta 1996 bronze, world champion Rome 1994, European champion 1993 and 1995 with the Settebello.
Francis Luyce
Francis Luyce (born 1947), French freestyle swimmer and administrator; 800 m freestyle world record holder 1967-1968, Olympian at Tokyo 1964 and Mexico 1968, and president of the French Swimming Federation (FFN) from 1993 to 2017.