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Aleksandr Shidlovsky
Aleksandr Shidlovsky (Александр Георгиевич Шидловский) is a Soviet water polo player, born in Moscow in 1941, who won Olympic silver in 1968 and gold in 1972 for the Soviet Union.
Aleksandr Sidorenko
Aleksandr Sidorenko (Олександр Сидоренко, Oleksandr Sydorenko), 1960–2022, Soviet/Ukrainian swimmer; 1980 Olympic 400 m individual medley gold in 4:22.89, 1978 200 m IM world record, 1982 world and 1981 European champion. Not the Belarusian wrestler or other namesakes.
Aleksandr Sukhorukov
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Sukhorukov (Александр Николаевич Сухоруков, born 1988) is a Russian freestyle swimmer, 2008 Olympic 4x200 m relay silver medalist and short-course world record holder, husband of Margarita Mamun.
Aleksandr Timoshinin
Aleksandr Timoshinin (Александр Тимошинин, 1948–2021) was a Soviet rower who won consecutive Olympic gold medals in the double sculls, at Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972, and later became a rowing coach.
Aleksandr Vinogradov
Aleksandr Vinogradov (Александр Юрьевич Виноградов), born 1951 in Moscow, Soviet sprint canoeist; won C2 500 m and C2 1000 m gold with Sergey Petrenko at Montreal 1976, sixth at Moscow 1980, and five World Championship medals. Not the geochemist or painter of the same name.
Aleksandra Patskevich
Aleksandra Patskevich (Александра Вячеславовна Пацкевич), born 1988 in Moscow, Russian artistic swimmer; three straight Olympic team golds (2012, 2016, 2020) and 13 world championship titles, retired December 2021.
Aleksandrs Muzicenko
Aleksandrs Muzicenko (Aleksandrs Muzičenko), born 1955 in Omsk, is a Latvian sailor who won Star class gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics with Valentin Mankin.
Aleksey Barkalov
Aleksey Barkalov (Алексей Степанович Баркалов, 1946–2004), Soviet Ukrainian water polo player; two Olympic golds (1972, 1980) and 1968 silver, 412 USSR caps, world champion 1975, ISHOF inductee 1993.
Aleksey Kudryavtsev
Aleksey Kudryavtsev (Алексей Валентинович Кудрявцев, born 1972, Moscow) is a Russian swimmer, 400 m freestyle specialist, who won 1992 Olympic gold in the 4x200 m relay for the Unified Team; father of gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva.
Aleksey Svirin
Aleksey Svirin (Алексей Свирин), born 1978 in Moscow, is a Russian rower who won gold in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2004 Athens Olympics and later led Russia's rowing federation.
Alena Rudkouskaya
Alena Rudkouskaya, also known as Yelena Grigoryevna Rudkovskaya, is a Belarusian swimmer born in 1973 who won the 100-meter breaststroke gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Alessandra Sensini
Alessandra Sensini, Italian windsurfer born 1970 in Grosseto; six Olympics 1992-2012, four medals (gold Sydney 2000, silver Beijing 2008, bronzes 1996 and 2004), first woman with four Olympic sailing medals, later CONI vice president.
Alessandro Bovo
Alessandro Bovo is an Italian water polo coach and former player who won Olympic gold at the 1992 Games and has coached AN Brescia since 2008.
Alessandro Miressi
Alessandro Miressi, Italian swimmer born 1998 in Turin, 100 m freestyle specialist. Three Olympic relay medals (Tokyo 2020 silver and bronze, Paris 2024 bronze), European 100 free champion 2018, short-course 4x100 free world record 3:02.75.
Alessia Filippi
Alessia Filippi (born 1987, Rome), Italian swimmer, Olympic silver medalist in the 800 m freestyle at Beijing 2008 and 2009 world champion in the 1500 m freestyle; former short-course 800 m world record holder (8:04.53).
Alessia Zecchini
Alessia Zecchini, Italian freediver born 1992 in Rome, multiple women's freediving world record holder with 123 m constant weight monofin and over a dozen world championship golds, subject of The Deepest Breath.
Alessio Sartori
Alessio Sartori (born 1976, Terracina) is an Italian rower, 2000 Olympic quadruple sculls champion, with 2004 bronze and 2012 silver in the double sculls, plus three world quad titles.
Alette Sijbring
Alette Sijbring (Alette Hilde Sijbring, born 1982, Zierikzee) is a Dutch water polo centre back who won gold with the Netherlands at Beijing 2008, beating the United States 9-8 in the final, then became a gastroenterologist at UMC Utrecht.
Alex Baumann (olympedia 45912)
Alex Baumann (Sasha), born 1964 in Prague, is a Czechoslovakia-born Canadian swimmer, double 1984 Olympic gold medalist (200/400 m IM, both world records), Canada's first swimming gold since 1912, later a sport administrator in Australia and New Zealand.
Alex Gregory
Alex Gregory (Alexander John Gregory, born 1984, Cheltenham) is a British rower, double Olympic champion in the men's coxless four at London 2012 and Rio 2016, and five-time World Champion; MBE 2013, retired January 2017.
Alex Hill
Alex Hill (Alexander Hill, born 1993, Berri, South Australia) is an Australian rower of the Adelaide Rowing Club: Olympic gold Tokyo 2020 and silver Rio 2016 in the men's coxless four, world champion 2017 and 2018, three-time Olympian.
Alex Jany
Alex Jany (Alexandre Charles Sixte Jany, 1929–2001), French freestyle swimmer and water polo player; double Olympic 4x200 m relay bronze medalist (1948, 1952), European 100/400 m champion 1947 and 1950, holder of seven world records.
Alex Shackell
Alex Shackell (Alexandra Shackell, born 2006), American swimmer from Carmel, Indiana; 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 medley relay and silver in the 4x200 free relay; butterfly specialist, Indiana University swimmer, daughter of 1996 GB Olympian Nick Shackell.
Alex Walsh
Alex Walsh (Alexandra Jane Walsh, born 2001, Nashville) is an American swimmer, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist in the 200m IM, 2022 world champion, 19-time NCAA champion for Virginia, and older sister of Gretchen Walsh.
Alex Welter
Alex Welter (Alexander Welter), Brazilian sailor born 1953 in São Paulo, won Olympic gold in the Tornado class at Moscow 1980 with Lars Björkström, Brazil's first sailing gold, ending a 24-year national gold drought; COB Hall of Fame 2026.
Alexander Chaev
Alexander Chaev (Aleksandr Yuryevich Chayev, Александр Юрьевич Чаев), Soviet freestyle swimmer born 1962 in Voronezh; 1980 Olympic silver medalist in the 1,500 m freestyle behind Vladimir Salnikov, 1981 European 4×200 m relay champion.
Alexander Dzhaburiya
Alexander Dzhaburiya, also known as Oleksandr Dzhaburiya, is a Ukrainian breaststroke swimmer who set a 27.61-second world best in the 50 m breaststroke and competed at the 1996 Olympics.
Alexander Purnell
Alexander (Alex) Purnell, Australian rower born 1995 in Brisbane, Sydney University Boat Club; Olympic gold in the men's coxless four at Tokyo 2020 in Olympic record 5:42.76, sixth in the eight at Paris 2024; brother of Nicholas Purnell; OAM 2022. Not the Canadian runner Alec Purnell.
Alexandra Araujo
Alexandra Araujo, Brazilian-born Italian water polo centre forward (born 1972, Rio de Janeiro), won gold with Italy at the 2004 Athens Olympics and World Championship titles in 1998 and 2001.
Alexandre Massura
Alexandre Massura (Alexandre Massura Neto), Brazilian backstroke and freestyle swimmer born 1975 in São Bernardo do Campo; two-time Olympian (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000), 1995 short-course world relay champion, 1998 short-course 4x100 freestyle world record holder, 1999 Pan Am gold and silver medalist, University of Minnesota Hall of Famer.