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Fred Deburghgraeve
Fred Deburghgraeve (Frédérik Edouard Robert Deburghgraeve, born 1973) is a Belgian breaststroke swimmer, first Belgian Olympic swimming champion, winning 100 m gold at Atlanta 1996 in world record time, later world champion 1998.
Fred Holman
Fred Holman (Frederick Holman, 1883-1913), English breaststroke swimmer from Dawlish, Devon; won the first Olympic 200 m breaststroke at London 1908 in world record 3:09.2; died of typhoid complications at 29.
Fred Lane
Fred Lane (Frederick Claude Vivian Lane, 1880–1969), Australian swimmer, won the 200 m freestyle and 200 m obstacle course at the 1900 Paris Olympics, set seven world records, and was first under a minute for 100 yards.
Fred Scarlett
Fred Scarlett (Alexander Frederick Yorke Scarlett, born 1975), British rower, Leander Club; won gold in the men's eight at Sydney 2000, Britain's first Olympic eights title since 1912, then retired.
Fred Schmidt
Fred Schmidt (Frederick Weber Schmidt, born 1943, Evanston, Illinois) is an American swimmer, 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 medley relay and bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly, and former 100 m butterfly world record holder (58.6, 1961).
Fred Sheffield
Fred Sheffield: Frederick "Fred" Sheffield (1902–1971), Yale oarsman and 1924 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the men's eights, later a New York lawyer and Carnegie Corporation chairman; also Frederick Jolley Sheffield (1923–2009), NCAA and BAA basketball player.
Freddy Lööf
Freddy Lööf (Fredrik Max Emil Lööf), Swedish Olympic sailor born 1969 in Kristinehamn; six Games 1992–2012, Finn bronze 2000, Star bronze 2008, Star gold 2012 with Max Salminen, plus Finn and Star world titles.
Frederic Albert Bruynseels
Frédéric-Albert Gustave Bruynseels (1888–1959), Belgian sailor of Royal Yacht Club Oostende, won gold in the Three-Person Keelboat (6m, 1907 rating) at Antwerp 1920 aboard Edelweiss II with the Cornellie brothers.
Frederick Bousquet
Fred Bousquet (Frédérick Bousquet), born 1981 in Perpignan, French sprint freestyle and butterfly swimmer; Auburn NCAA champion, first under 19 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle, 50 m freestyle world record 20.94 in 2009, Olympic relay silver at Beijing 2008.
Frederick Kelly
Frederick Kelly refers to several Olympians: Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881–1916), Australian-born British rower, 1908 Olympic eight gold medalist, pianist and composer; Frederick Warren "Fred" Kelly (1891–1974), American 1912 Olympic 110 m hurdles champion; and Fred Kelly, Canadian 1972 cross-country skier.
Freediving
Freediving (breath-hold, apnea diving): diving on one breath without apparatus, for recreation, spearfishing, or AIDA/CMAS competition. Key facts: diving response bradycardia, up to 22-fold lung compression, shallow-water blackout risk, eight competitive disciplines.
Freedom Surf School
Freedom Surf School names two unrelated businesses: a bilingual Irish adventure education centre in Tramore, Co. Waterford (Billabong-sponsored, Irish Surfing Association approved), and a Sri Lankan surf school founded by Ruwan Sanjeewa in Weligama Bay.
Freestyle swimming
Freestyle swimming is the competitive event category raced with the front crawl; governed by World Aquatics Competition Regulations, it rewards the lowest-drag, most efficient of the four strokes.
Fregene Surf Club
Fregene Surf Club: surf and windsurf clubs at Fregene, Fiumicino, near Rome, including Fregene Vela Surf Club (FVSC) and Point Break; beach-break spot on the Tyrrhenian coast hosting Italian longboard championships.
Freya Anderson
Freya Anderson is a British freestyle swimmer from Birkenhead, England, who won Olympic gold in the mixed 4x100m medley relay at Tokyo 2020 and holds eleven European titles.
Friedel Berges
Friedel Berges (Friedrich Berges, 1903-1969), German freestyle swimmer from Darmstadt; two-time European 4x200 m relay champion, 1927 world record 9:49.6, 1928 Olympian, multiple German 400 and 1500 m titlist.
Friedhelm Wentzke
Friedhelm Wentzke (1935–2026), West German flatwater canoer; Olympic gold in the K-1 4×500 m relay at Rome 1960 (7:39.43) with the only equally mixed East-West German team, and K4 1,000 m silver at Tokyo 1964.
Friedrich Berger
Friedrich Berger is the name of several twentieth-century figures, most notably a German freestyle swimmer who won European titles in 1926 and 1927, and a Gestapo bureau chief in occupied Paris.
Friedrich Wilhelm Ulrich
Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich, East German rower (born 1953, Packebusch), Olympic gold in men's coxed pair 1976 and 1980 with Harald Jährling and cox Georg Spohr; also world champion in the eights 1975, 1978, 1979; later coach in Saarland and Koblenz.
Fritz Staib
Fritz Staib (Christian Fredrik Maximillian Staib, 1892-1956), Norwegian sailor, KNS Oslo; won 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold in the 12-metre class aboard Alfred Larsen's Magda IX, winning both races from behind.
Front crawl
Front crawl, the stroke used in freestyle swimming events, is a face-down alternating arm stroke with flutter kick and side breathing. Studies show it is faster and more energy-efficient than backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke.
Fu Mingxia
Fu Mingxia (伏明霞), born 1978 in Wuhan, Chinese diver, "Queen of Diving": four Olympic golds and one silver across 1992, 1996, 2000; youngest world champion at 12; married Antony Leung.
Fuchslochwelle
The Fuchslochwelle, also known as Nürnberger Dauerwelle, is an artificial standing river wave for surfing on the Pegnitz in Nuremberg, Bavaria, opened in March 2022.
Fyodor Shutkov
Fyodor Shutkov (Фёдор Васильевич Шутков), 1924–2001, Soviet Star-class sailor; with Timir Pinegin won 1960 Rome Olympic gold aboard Tornado, competed at five Games 1952–1968, 13 Soviet titles, eight ice yachting titles.
Gabi Lohs-Kühn
Gabi Lohs-Kühn (Gabriele Lohs, later Gabi Kühn), born 1957 in Dresden, East German rower; Olympic gold in women's coxed fours at Montréal 1976 and women's eights at Moskva 1980, plus 1977 world eights title.
Gabor Csapo
Gabor Csapo (Gábor Csapó), Hungarian water polo player (1950-2022), Olympic gold 1976 and bronze 1980, 1973 world champion, 272 caps for Hungary, later Vasas coach and lawyer.
Gabor Horvath
Gabor Horvath (Horváth Gábor, born 1971, Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist, K4 1000 m Olympic champion at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 and silver medalist at Atlanta 1996, with three world titles; distinct from Swedish pentathlete George Horwath.
Gabriele Wetzko
Gabriele Wetzko, East German freestyle swimmer (born 1954, Leipzig), two Olympic relay silvers 1968 and 1972, first European woman under one minute for 100 m freestyle, four golds at the 1970 Barcelona Europeans.
Gabriella Szabo
Gabriella Szabó (Szabó Gabriella), Hungarian canoe sprint kayaker born 1986 in Budapest; three-time Olympic champion (K4 500m 2012, 2016; K2 500m 2016 with Kozák), nine-time world and European champion, retired 2020, now Hungarian Olympic Committee marketing staff.
Gail Amundrud
Gail Amundrud (born 1957, Toronto) is a Canadian swimmer, bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at Montreal 1976, with World, Commonwealth, and Pan American Games medals.