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Gregorio Paltrinieri
Gregorio Paltrinieri, born in 1994 at Carpi in Modena, Italy, is a distance freestyle and open-water swimmer who won Olympic 1500 m freestyle gold at Rio 2016.
Gregory Mallet
Grégory Mallet (born 1984, Rueil-Malmaison) is a French freestyle swimmer, CN Marseille relay specialist, with Olympic silvers in the 4x100 m relay (Beijing 2008) and 4x200 m relay (London 2012), 2013 world title, and a short course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record (3:04.98).
Greta Andersen
Greta Andersen (1927-2023), Danish swimmer, 1948 Olympic 100 m freestyle champion and 4x100 relay silver medallist, later a professional marathon swimmer with six English Channel crossings and 18 world records.
Greta Johansson
Greta Johansson (Anna Teresia Margareta Johansson, later Brandsten, 1895–1978), Swedish diver and swimmer of Stockholms KK; won the first Olympic women's diving gold at Stockholm 1912, first Swedish female Olympic champion, later Stanford diving instructor in California.
Grete Frederiksen
Grete Frederiksen (Grete Ortved Frederiksen, later Therkildsen), Danish freestyle swimmer, 1918-2007. Seventh in the 1936 Olympic 400 m freestyle final; set the 1,500 m freestyle world record of 22:36.7 in Copenhagen on 26 June 1936, an improvement of 40.5 seconds that stood until 1938.
Gudrun Wegner
Gudrun Wegner (1955-2005), East German swimmer from SC Einheit Dresden; 1972 Olympic 400 m freestyle bronze and 1973 world 400 m IM champion with world record 4:57.51, first woman under five minutes.
Guido de Felip
Guido De Felip (also De Filip), 1904-1968, Italian rowing coxswain of Canottieri Bucintoro Venezia; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in coxed pairs with Olgeni and Scatturin at age 15, later Italian coxed fours champion.
Guilherme Guido
Guilherme Augusto Guido, Brazilian backstroke swimmer (born 1987, Limeira), three-time Olympian, 2014 short-course world relay champion and 4x50 medley world record holder, Pinheiros club.
Guillermo Echevarria
Guillermo Echevarría (Guillermo Echevarría Pérez), Mexican distance swimmer (1948–2021), 1964 and 1968 Olympian, sixth in the 1968 1,500 m freestyle final, and 1,500 m freestyle world record holder (16:28.1, Santa Clara, 7 July 1968).
Gunar Kirchbach
Gunar Kirchbach, German flatwater canoeist (born 1971, Bad Saarow), KC Potsdam; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold in C2 1,000 m with Andreas Dittmer (3:31.870), two world titles, later coach at SC DHfK Leipzig.
Gunnar Akerlund
Gunnar Åkerlund (Ernst Gunnar Åkerlund), Swedish sprint canoeist, Nyköpings KK; with Hans Wetterström won K2 10,000 m gold at London 1948 and silver at Helsinki 1952, plus world championship titles.
Gunnar Bentz
Gunnar Bentz (Joseph Gunnar Bentz, born 1996) is an American swimmer, two-time Olympian, and Rio 2016 4x200m freestyle relay gold medalist who swam for the University of Georgia.
Gunnar Larsson
Gunnar Larsson (Carl Gunnar Larsson, born 1951, Malmö), Swedish swimmer, 1972 Olympic double individual medley champion; won 400 IM over Tim McKee by 0.002 seconds, prompting FINA's hundredth-second rule. Distinct from the cross-country skier of the same name.
Gunnar Utterberg
Gunnar Utterberg (Nils Gunnar Utterberg, 1942–2021), Swedish sprint canoeist with Jönköpings KK; Olympic gold in K2 1,000 m at Tokyo 1964 with Sven-Olov Sjödelius in 3:38.54; competed at three Games 1964–1972.
Gunter Perleberg
Günter Perleberg (1935–2019) was a German canoe sprint paddler who won Olympic gold in the kayak relay at Rome 1960 and silver at Tokyo 1964.
Gunter Tittes
Günter Tittes (Gunter Tittes), East German breaststroke swimmer (1936–2023) of ASK Vorwärts Rostock; 1960 Rome Olympian in the 4x100 medley relay; set the 100 m breaststroke world record of 1:10.8 on 5 July 1961 in East Berlin.
Gunther Tiersch
Gunther Tiersch (born 1954, Ratzeburg), German coxswain and meteorologist; won 1968 Olympic gold in the men's eight at 14 years 173 days, carried the 1972 Olympic flag, and presented ZDF weather for about 35 years.
Gunvor Kraft
Gunvor Kraft (Gunvor Bjørnsdatter Kraft-Borup, 1921-1975), Danish freestyle swimmer; gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1938 Europeans in London, two European relay records, and a 1948 Olympic relay non-starter.
Guo Jingjing
Guo Jingjing (郭晶晶), Chinese diver born 1981 in Baoding, won four Olympic golds and two silvers on 3 m springboard and ten World Championship golds, then became a World Aquatics referee.
Gus Erker
Gus Erker (August Casimir Erker, 1879-1951), German-born American rower for St. Louis' Century Boat Club; won 1904 Olympic gold in men's coxless fours (9:05.8) with Stockhoff, Dietz, and Nasse despite having only one eye.
Gustav Lexau
Gustav Lexau, German swimmer and water polo player, won gold in the 200 m team swimming at the 1900 Paris Olympics with Deutscher Schwimm Verband Berlin and placed fifth in water polo with Germany.
Gustav Schafer
Gustav Schäfer (Gustav August Schäfer), German rower (1906–1991), 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist in single sculls, first German Olympic sculling champion; 1934 European champion; later German Olympic Society co-founder.
Gustav Thaulow
Gustav Thaulow (1875–1942) was a Norwegian engineer and sailor who won Olympic gold in the 12-meter class aboard the yacht Magda IX at the 1912 Stockholm Games.
Gustavo Borges
Gustavo Borges is a highly decorated Brazilian swimmer who won four Olympic medals across four Games (1992–2004), making him the first Brazilian to earn multiple medals.
Gusztav Kettesy
Gusztav Kettesy (Kettesi Gusztáv, born Kreiker, 1929-2003), Hungarian swimmer; first world and European record holder in the 400 m individual medley (5:38.7 and 5:32.1, 1953, unofficial), 1952 Olympian, 12-time Hungarian champion.
Guts Surfboards
Guts Surfboards, the Swansea, Wales surf shop and brand of Chris 'Guts' Griffiths, two-time European longboard champion; hand-shaped longboards and hybrid shortboards, shop founded 2000, limited company 07880585.
Guy Nickalls
Guy Nickalls (1866-1935), British oarsman, won the 1908 Olympic eights gold with Leander at 41, the oldest rowing champion in Olympic history, and holds the Henley record of 22 wins.
Guy's Wave
Guy's Wave (Vague à Guy), the Eternal Wave, is a natural standing river wave in the Saint Lawrence River at Parc des Rapides, LaSalle, Montreal; a knee-high beginner spot named after a pioneering kayaker, developed by the city in 2021.
Gyorgy Gerendas
György Gerendás (Gerendás György), born 1954 in Budapest, Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 1976 Montreal and bronze 1980 Moscow, 230 caps, later coached BVSC, Eger and Ferencváros.
Gyorgy Horkai
György Horkai (Horkai György), born 1954 in Budapest, is a Hungarian water polo left-hander who won Olympic gold in 1976 and bronze in 1980 with BVSC, earned 282 caps, and coached Hungary to the 1995 World Cup title.