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Gail Neall
Gail Neall (Gail Yeo), born 1955, Australian swimmer; 1972 Munich Olympic gold and world record 5:02.97 in the 400m individual medley; Commonwealth Games silver 1970, bronze 1974; Hall of Fame member.
Gal Fridman
Gal Fridman (גל פרידמן), born 1975, Israeli windsurfer; bronze at Atlanta 1996 and gold at Athens 2004 in men's Mistral, Israel's first Olympic gold, later coach of Tom Reuveny's Paris 2024 gold.
Galina Kreft-Alekseyeva
Galina Kreft-Alekseyeva (Галина Сергеевна Крефт-Алексеева), Soviet kayaker (1950-2005), also competed as Galina Kreft and Galina Alekseyeva; K2 500 m Olympic gold 1976 and silver 1980 with Nina Gopova-Trofimova, seven world silvers.
Galina Prozumenshchikova Stepanova
Galina Prozumenshchikova Stepanova (Галина Прозуменщикова, 1948–2015), Soviet breaststroke swimmer, first Soviet Olympic swimming gold, 200 m breaststroke Tokyo 1964, five Olympic medals, five world records.
Garrett Gilmore
Garrett Gilmore (William Evans Garrett Gilmore, 1895-1969), American sculler of Philadelphia's Bachelors Barge Club; 1924 Olympic single sculls silver behind Jack Beresford, 1932 Olympic double sculls gold with Ken Myers.
Garrett Weber Gale
Garrett Weber-Gale, American sprint freestyle swimmer born 1985 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin; two 2008 Beijing Olympic relay golds, first American under 48 seconds in the 100m freestyle, Texas Longhorn and 2013 Maccabiah Games flag bearer.
Garry Herbert
Garry Herbert (Garry Gerard Paul Herbert, born 1969) is the British coxswain who steered Greg and Jonny Searle to 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in the coxed pair, later a barrister, Goldman Sachs banker, and BBC rowing commentator.
Gary Chapman
Gary Arthur Chapman (1937-1978), Australian swimmer; Melbourne 1956 Olympic 100 m freestyle bronze in Australia's first medal clean sweep, four Commonwealth Games golds, 4x100 m freestyle relay world record 3:46.3.
Gary Conelly
Gary Conelly (Gary Robert Conelly), born 1952, American swimmer and coach; 1972 Olympic heats swimmer on US gold-winning 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays, ineligible for medals under 1972 rules; 22-year Kentucky head coach.
Gary Hall
Gary Hall: American swimming family. Gary Hall Sr. (born 1951), three-time Olympic medalist swimmer, 10 world records, 1976 US flag bearer, later ophthalmologist; his son Gary Hall Jr. (born 1974) won 10 Olympic medals including back-to-back 50 m freestyle golds.
Gary Hall Jr.
Gary Hall Jr. (born 1974, Cincinnati) is an American sprint freestyle swimmer with 10 Olympic medals, 5 gold, from 1996, 2000, and 2004, including back-to-back 50 m freestyle titles; his medals were replaced by the IOC after the 2025 LA fires.
Gary Heinrich
Gary Heinrich, American swimmer from Hayward, California; set the first recognized 400m IM world record (5:15.6, 1957), won 1959 Pan Am bronze in the 1500 m freestyle, and was a three-time Cincinnati All-American.
Gary Ilman
Gary Ilman (Gary Steven Ilman, 1943–2014), American swimmer, Santa Clara SC, won two Tokyo 1964 relay golds in world-record times and placed fourth in the 100 m freestyle.
Gary Robertson
Gary David Robertson (born 1950, Oamaru, New Zealand) is a rower who won gold in the men's eight at the 1972 Munich Olympics; not the cricketer Gary Keith Robertson.
Gaston Mercier
Gaston Mercier (Gaston Antoine Mercier, 1932-1974), French rower for Société d'Encouragement du Sport Nautique, Nogent-sur-Marne; Olympic gold 1952 Helsinki coxed pair, bronze 1956 coxless four, fourth 1960 eights.
Gaston Thube
Gaston Thube (Gaston Marie Thubé), a French industrialist and sailor, won the gold medal in the 6 meters Three-Person Keelboat class at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics aboard the Mac Miche.
Geertje Wielema
Geertje Wielema (1934-2009), Dutch backstroke swimmer from Hilversum's De Robben club; 1952 Olympic 100 m backstroke silver behind Joan Harrison, 200 m backstroke world record holder, 1954 European champion and first female Dutch Athlete of the Year.
Gelena Topilina
Gelena Dmitriyevna Topilina (Гелена Дмитриевна Топилина), born 1994, Russian artistic swimmer; Rio 2016 Olympic team gold (196.1439), three 2015 Kazan world titles, three European titles; retired 2016.
Geminio Ognio
Geminio Ognio, nicknamed Mimmo, Italian water polo player (1917-1990) of SS Lazio and the Settebello; Olympic gold 1948 London, bronze 1952 Helsinki, 1947 European champion, also Italian 1,500 m freestyle champion.
Gemma Spofforth
Gemma Mary Spofforth (born 1987, Shoreham, England) is a British backstroke swimmer, 2009 Rome world champion in the 100 m backstroke with a 58.12 world record, and a two-time Olympian for Great Britain.
Gennadi Androsov
Gennadi Androsov (Геннадий Андросов, 1939–2016) was a Soviet freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1,500 meters at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics and won European gold in the 400-meter medley in 1962.
Gennady Korshikov
Gennady Korshikov (Геннадий Егорович Коршиков), born 1949 in Leningrad, Soviet rower; Olympic gold in men's double sculls at Munich 1972 with Aleksandr Timoshinin, fourth at Montreal 1976 with Yevgeny Barbakov.
Gennady Nikolayev
Gennadi Nikolayev (Геннадий Николаевич Николаев, 1936–2013), Soviet freestyle swimmer from Ashgabat; bronze in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Melbourne 1956, the first Soviet Olympic swimming medal, and a 1956 world record holder.
Geoff Gaberino
Geoff Gaberino (Geoffrey Steven Gaberino, born 1962, Dallas, Texas) is an American former competitive swimmer who won gold in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Geoff Huegill
Geoff Huegill (Geoffrey Andrew Huegill, "Skippy"), Australian butterfly swimmer born 1979 in Gove, NT. Dual Olympian, Sydney 2000 silver and bronze, former 50m butterfly world record holder long and short course, seven-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
Geoff Shipton
Geoff Shipton (Geoffrey Lloyd Shipton, 1941-2006), Australian freestyle swimmer from Sydney; won silver in the inaugural Olympic 4x100 m medley relay at Rome 1960 and bronze in the 110 yards freestyle at the 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games.
Georg Naue
Georg Naue is a German sailor with the Berliner Yacht-Club who competed in three sailing events at the Paris 1900 Olympics, winning gold in the 1-2 ton class and silver in the Open class aboard Aschenbrödel.
Georg Spohr
Georg Spohr (born 1951, Magdeburg) is an East German rowing coxswain, not the composer Louis Spohr; he won Olympic gold in the men's coxed pairs at Montréal 1976 and Moscow 1980 with Ulrich and Jährling.
Georg Zacharias
Georg Zacharias (Georg Albert Zacharias, 1884–1953), German swimmer, 1904 Olympic gold medalist in 440 yd breaststroke (7:23.6) and bronze in 100 yd backstroke; breaststroke world record holder 1904–10; ISHOF inductee 2002.
George Ahlgren
George Lewis Ahlgren (1928-1951), American rower for California Golden Bears, won gold in the men's eight at the 1948 London Olympics (5:56.7) in the number five seat; he died in a plane crash in Arizona aged 23.