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Golden Beach
Golden Beach: name shared by several coastal places, chiefly a 3.5 km Yellow Sea beach (金沙滩, Jinshatan) in Qingdao, China, a 4A tourist attraction hosting the 2026 World Rowing championships and the Beer City festival venue; also hotels in Crete and Hurghada, and towns in Queensland, Florida, and Hong Kong.
Golden Beach Surf Club
Golden Beach Surf Club names a FlowRider wave-simulator venue in Sok San Village, Koh Rong, Cambodia (Cambodia's only wave simulator, $40 hourly lessons), and a volunteer surf life saving club at Golden Beach, Victoria, seeking Life Saving Victoria affiliation.
Gondwana Surf Valencia Surf Shop
Gondwana Surf Valencia is a surf, skate, and snowboard shop in central Valencia, Spain, selling boards, wetsuits, technical equipment, and branded clothing, and trading online at gondwanasurf.com.
Gonesurfing
Gonesurfing (Gone Surfing) names an Apple Watch surf-tracking app, surf schools in Hawaii and Crete, an El Salvador board rental, a Greek beginner beach break, and Danish firms.
Goran Rađenović
Goran Rađenović (Горан Рађеновић), born 1966 in Niš, is a Montenegrin former water polo player who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia at Seoul 1988, plus 1991 world and European titles, then coached in Serbia and Italy.
Goran Sukno
Goran Sukno (Горан Сукно; 1959–2026) was a Croatian water polo player who won Olympic gold for Yugoslavia in 1984 and the 1986 world championship as captain.
Gordan Kozulj
Gordan Kožulj, Croatian backstroke swimmer (born 1976, Zagreb), Mladost and Cal Berkeley; 2000 world short-course 200 m champion, 1:51.62 world record, triple European champion, four-time Olympian, later Deloitte Croatia director.
Gordon Thomson
Gordon Lindsay Thomson (1884-1953), British rower with Leander Club; won 1908 Olympic gold in coxless pairs with John Fenning and silver in coxless fours; later RAF DSC and DFC recipient; distinct from Daley Thompson and other namesakes.
Gordy Adam
Gordy Adam (Gordon Belgum Adam, 1915–1992), American rower and University of Washington crew member who won gold in the men's eights at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, later a 38-year Boeing engineer.
Gordy Giovanelli
Gordy Giovanelli (Gordon Stephen Giovanelli, "Gus"), American rower, 1925–2022, bow seat of the University of Washington coxed four that won gold at the 1948 London Olympics in 6:50.30; later an accountant and land developer.
Gorodskoy Plyazh
Городской пляж (city beach; Ukrainian Міський пляж) is a municipal beach within city limits in Russia and neighboring countries, offering supervised swimming, buoys, changing cabins, volleyball courts and free entry, with swimming status set by water-quality tests.
Gosta Bengtsson
Gösta Ragnar Bengtsson (later Bewert), 1897-1984, Swedish sailor, Kullaviks KKK; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 30 m² class aboard Kullan with Lundquist and Steffenburg, the only starting boat.
Gottfried Dohn
Gottfried Döhn (Dohn, Doehn), East German rower born 1951 in Dresden, won Olympic gold in the eights at Montreal 1976 and coxed fours at Moscow 1980, plus world titles in 1975, 1977, and 1978.
Grace Prendergast
Grace Prendergast, New Zealand sweep rower (born 1992, Christchurch), Olympic gold medallist in the women's coxless pair and silver in the eight at Tokyo 2020 with Kerri Williams; five world titles, 2022 Boat Race winner, retired 2022.
Graham Smith
Graham Smith (Donald Graham Smith), Canadian swimmer born 1958 in Edmonton; 1976 Olympic relay silver, six 1978 Commonwealth golds, 1978 world 200m IM champion; distinct from British swimmer Graeme Smith.
Graham White
Graham Ross White (born 1951), Australian freestyle swimmer. Olympic silver in the 4x200 m relay at Mexico City 1968; three Commonwealth golds at Edinburgh 1970, where his 4x200 m relay set a 7:50.8 world record. Not the ABC broadcaster or race walker of the same name.
Graham Windeatt
Graham Windeatt is an Australian swimmer who won silver in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1972 Munich Olympics and gold at the 1970 Commonwealth Games.
Grant Bramwell
Grant Digby Bramwell (born 1961, Gisborne) is a New Zealand sprint canoeist, Olympic gold medalist in the men's K4 1000 m at Los Angeles 1984, and 1985 world bronze medalist in K1 10000 m; not the Jamaican sprinters named Bramwell.
Grant Brits
Grant Tyson Brits (born 1987, Johannesburg) is an Australian freestyle swimmer who won bronze in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Beijing 2008, silver at the 2007 Melbourne Worlds, and set a short-course world record of 6:52.66.
Grant Hackett
Grant Hackett (born 1980) is an Australian swimmer, Olympic 1500 m freestyle champion in 2000 and 2004, 1500 m world record holder 2001–2011 (14:34.56), and Australian team captain 2005–2008.
Grant Main
Grant Main (Gerald Grant Main, born 1960, Victoria, BC) is a Canadian rower, gold medallist in the men's coxed eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and sixth in 1988, later a BC deputy minister.
Gratsian Botev
Gratsian Botev (Грациан Георгиевич Ботев, 1928–1981), Soviet canoeist; with Pavel Kharin won C-2 10,000 m gold and C-2 1,000 m silver at Melbourne 1956, the 10,000 m event's final Olympic edition.
Graveyard Surf
Graveyard Surf is a beginner-friendly A-frame beach break near Hāpuku, Kaikōura District, New Zealand, at -42.3118, 173.7523, surfable year-round with 10.2–17.3°C water; distinct from Graveyard in Yakutat, Alaska, and Graveyards in Taranaki.
Greg Barton
Greg Barton (Gregory Mark Barton, born 1959), American sprint kayaker from Jackson, Michigan; two 1988 Olympic golds (K1/K2 1000 m, K2 with Norm Bellingham), bronzes in 1984 and 1992; founder of Epic Kayaks.
Greg Buckingham
Greg Buckingham (Gregory Fenton Buckingham, 1945-1990), American swimmer, 1968 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m individual medley, world-record holder in the 200 m and 400 m medley, Stanford NCAA champion, brother of Lindsey Buckingham.
Greg Jagenburg
Greg Jagenburg (Gregory Jagenburg, born 1957) is an American butterfly swimmer, three-time world champion who won three golds and a silver at the 1975 and 1978 World Championships.
Greg Louganis
Greg Louganis (born 1960, San Diego) is an American diver, four-time Olympic gold medalist and the first man to sweep 3m springboard and 10m platform at consecutive Games (1984, 1988), famous for the 1988 Seoul head-strike comeback.
Greg Rogers
Greg Rogers (Gregory Francis Rogers, born 1948, Sydney) is an Australian swimmer, 1968 Olympic silver and bronze freestyle relay medallist and 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games gold medallist who set a 4x200 m freestyle relay world record; brother of Neil Rogers.
Greg Searle
Greg Searle is a British rower who won Olympic gold in the coxed pairs at Barcelona 1992, aged 20, and added men's eight bronze at London 2012.
Gregor Hradetzky
Gregor Hradetzky (1909–1984), Austrian canoeist and organ builder; won K-1 1000 m and folding K-1 10000 m gold at Berlin 1936, second Austrian with two Summer Games golds, later led the family organ firm.