3,573 articles
George Bovell
George Bovell (George Richard Lycott Bovell), Trinidad and Tobago swimmer born 1983, first T&T Olympic medalist: 2004 Athens 200m IM bronze, 2004 short-course 200m medley world record, five Olympics, 44 World Aquatics medals.
George Breen
George Breen (1935-2019), American distance freestyle swimmer; four Olympic medals (silver 4x200 relay, three bronze) at Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960, six world records including first sub-18-minute 1500 m, later Penn coach.
George Cornet
George Thomson Cornet (1877-1952), Inverness water polo back, only Scot in Britain's Olympic gold teams of 1908 and 1912; first Scotsman to retain an Olympic title; later an LMS railway cashier.
George Dietz
George John Dietz (1880-1965), American rower of the Century Boat Club, St. Louis; won gold in the men's coxless fours at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics with Stockhoff, Erker, and Nasse; later Shardell Hotel manager.
George du Rand
George du Rand (Johannes du Rand, born 1982, Bloemfontein) is a South African backstroke swimmer who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and set the short course 200 m backstroke world record of 1:47.08 in Moscow on 7 November 2009, beating Markus Rogan's mark.
George Hodgson
George Ritchie Hodgson (1893-1983), Canadian swimmer, won gold in the 400 m and 1,500 m freestyle at Stockholm 1912 with world records, Canada's only swimming Olympic champion until 1984.
George Hungerford
George Hungerford (born 1944, Vancouver) is a Canadian rower and lawyer who, with Roger Jackson, won surprise coxless-pair gold at Tokyo 1964 as last-minute alternates, Canada's only gold there.
George Kojac
George Harold Kojac (1910–1996), American swimmer, won 100 m backstroke and 4x200 m freestyle relay gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, set 23 world records, and missed 1932 for Columbia Medical School.
George Nash
George Nash (George Christopher Nash, born 1989, Guildford) is a British Olympic rower: Rio 2016 gold in the men's coxless four, London 2012 pair bronze, three world titles; distinct from the Negro leagues pitcher of the same name.
George Sheldon
George Herbert Sheldon (1874-1907), American St. Louis physician and diver, first Olympic diving champion, winning the 1904 springboard gold amid a German judging protest; also 1905 AAU champion; died of heart disease at 33.
George Wilkinson
George Wilkinson (1879-1946), English water polo player from Gorton, Manchester; called the world's first great water polo player; won Olympic gold 1908 and 1912, captained Hyde Seal 22 years; 1900 participation disputed.
Georges Rigal
Georges Lucien Rigal (1890-1974), French swimmer and water polo player of Libellule de Paris; first French crawl swimmer, 1912 Olympian, and gold medalist in water polo at Paris 1924; later coached France at Berlin 1936 and led the French Swimming Federation 1959-64.
Georges Turlier
Georges Turlier (born 16 July 1931), French sprint canoeist; with Jean Laudet won C2 10,000 m gold at Helsinki 1952, France's first Olympic canoe title; 1959 wildwater world champion; Légion d'Honneur 2022.
Georges Vallerey, Jr.
Georges Vallerey, Jr. (Yo-Yo, Georges-Urbain Vallerey), French swimmer (1927–1954): bronze in the 100 m backstroke at London 1948, 1946 world medley relay record, Croix de Guerre for wartime rescues at Casablanca.
Georgia Coleman
Georgia Coleman (1912–1940), American Olympic diver for the Los Angeles Athletic Club; four Olympic diving medals including 1932 springboard gold, first woman to compete a 2½ somersault, 11 AAU titles.
Georgie Brayshaw
Georgie Brayshaw, born 1993 in Leeds, is a British rower and Leander Club athlete who won Olympic gold in the women's quadruple sculls at Paris 2024, GB's first in the event, after recovering from a teenage horse riding coma; MBE 2025.
Georgina Evers Swindell
Georgina Evers-Swindell (Georgina Earl), born 1978 in Hastings, New Zealand, is a former rower who with twin sister Caroline won Olympic double sculls gold in 2004 and 2008, the first to defend that title, plus world titles in 2002, 2003, and 2005.
Georgios Zaimis
Georgios Zaimis (Γεώργιος Ζαϊμης, 1937-2020), Greek sailor; Dragon-class Olympic gold at Rome 1960 with Crown Prince Konstantinos and Eskitzoglou aboard Nirefs; also 8th Tokyo 1964, 15th Mexico City 1968.
Georgy Prokopenko
Georgy Prokopenko (Георгій Якович Прокопенко), Ukrainian breaststroke swimmer for the USSR; 1964 Olympic 200 m breaststroke silver (2:28.2), double 100 m breaststroke world record holder 1964, European champion 1962 and 1966.
Gerald Morken
Gerald Mörken, born 1959 in Dortmund, is a retired West German breaststroke swimmer; he set the 100 m breaststroke world record (1:02.86) at the 1977 European Championships, won three European golds, two World Championship bronzes, and placed fourth in the medley relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Gerald Tait
Gerald Tait (Thomas Gerald Tait, 1866-1938) was a Scottish sailor and Girvan solicitor who won 1908 Olympic gold in the 12-metre class as crew of Hera, racing for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club.
Gerard Gropaiz
Gerard Gropaiz (Gérard André Gropaiz, 1943–2012), French freestyle swimmer for Racing Club de France; 1960 and 1964 Olympian, 1962 European 4×100 m relay champion, world record 3:42.5 in that relay.
Gerd Cintl
Gerd Cintl (1938-2017), German rower of RC Germania Düsseldorf, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed four at the 1960 Rome Games with Effertz, Riekemann, Litz, and cox Obst; also 1958 and 1959 German and European champion.
Gergo Kiss
Gergo Kiss (Gergely "Gergő" Kiss), Hungarian water polo player born 1977 in Budapest; won Olympic gold at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, one of six players with all three titles; also a lawyer.
Gerhard Auer
Gerhard Auer (1943–2019), German rower for West Germany, Ulmer RC Donau; member of the Bullenvierer coxed four, Olympic gold at Munich 1972 in 6:31.85, European champion 1969 and 1971, world champion 1970.
Gerhard Gustmann
Gerhard Gustmann (1910–1992), German rower, Olympic gold medalist in coxed pairs at Berlin 1936 with Herbert Adamski and cox Dieter Arend; German champions 1936–39, European champions 1937.
Gerhard Hetz
Gerhard Hetz (1942–2012), West German swimmer and coach, set two 400 m individual medley world records (4:53.8 in 1962, 4:50.2 in 1963), won 1964 Olympic silver and bronze, and coached Rainer Henkel.
Gerhard Schiller
Gerhard Schiller (born 1949, Stuttgart), German freestyle swimmer for SSF Bonn; 1972 Munich Olympian, 1970 and 1974 European relay medalist, West German 100 m record holder, later record-setting masters swimmer.
Gert Fredriksson
Gert Fredriksson was a Swedish sprint kayaker who won six gold medals at four Olympic Games from 1948 to 1960, the most successful male canoeist in Olympic history.
Gertrude Ederle
Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle was an American swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel, in a record 14 hours 39 minutes.