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Gyorgy Karpati

Gyorgy Karpati (György Kárpáti, 1935–2020), Hungarian water polo player, three-time Olympic champion (1952, 1956, 1964) and 1960 bronze medalist, three-time European champion with Ferencvárosi TC, youngest male Olympic water polo champion, later 1976 gold-winning assistant coach.

Gyorgy Kenez

Gyorgy Kenez (György Kenéz, born 1956, Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo wing who won Olympic gold at Montreal 1976, two world silvers, and later coached Vasas and Kuwait.

Gyorgy Kolonics

Gyorgy Kolonics (Kolonics György, 1972–2008) was a Hungarian sprint canoeist who won two Olympic gold medals and a record fifteen world championship titles, dying of heart failure a month before the Beijing Olympics.

Gyorgy Kutasi

György Kutasi (Kutasi György, born Kusinszky, 1910-1977), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 1936 Olympic and 1934 European champion; later a coach in Melbourne, Australia. Distinct from same-named boxer and MMA fighter.

Gyorgy Tumpek

György Tumpek (Tumpeck), Hungarian swimmer, the "dolphin king": 1956 Olympic 200 m butterfly bronze, first 1954 European 200 fly champion, six 100 m butterfly world records with the dolphin kick, later Honvéd coach.

Gyula Dienes

Gyula Dienes (Dienes Gyula), Hungarian freestyle swimmer of the 1930s, BEAC club; swam on the 4x100 m freestyle relay with Kiss, Lengyel, and Csik that set the first official world record, 4:10.2, Budapest, 26 June 1937. Not the pastor, plant pathologist, or railway conductor of the same name.

Gyula Zolyomy

Gyula Zolyomi (Zólyomi Gyula, born 1918), Hungarian freestyle swimmer; non-starter on Hungary's bronze 4x200 m relay at Berlin 1936; set 4x100 m freestyle relay world records of 4:06.6 (1937) and 4:02.0 (1938) with Csik, Korosi, and Grof. Distinct from the 1890-born wrestler of the same name.

H2oextreme

H2oextreme (H2O Extreme) names a kitesurfing and watersports centre founded 2003 at Galu Beach, Diani, Kenya, by Boris Polo; also a 2009 water-skiing film, a US hydrogen R&D firm, and a trademark.

Haakon Bryhn

Haakon Piro Bryhn (1901-1968), Norwegian sailor, KNS Oslo club member; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold in the 6-metre class aboard Norna with Johan Anker, Crown Prince Olav, and Erik Anker.

Hakan Malmrot

Håkan Malmrot (1900–1987), Swedish breaststroke swimmer for Örebro SS; won 200 m (3:04.4) and 400 m (6:31.8) gold at Antwerp 1920, first Swedish Olympic swimming champion; 400 m breaststroke discontinued after 1920.

Hakan Westesson

Håkan Westesson, Swedish freestyle swimmer of SK Poseidon Lund in the 1950s; 11th in the 100 m freestyle and fourth in the 4×200 m relay at the 1954 European Championships; brother of Olympian Margareta Westesson; distinct from the theater producer and HORSCH manager of the same name.

Hakon Barfod

Håkon Barfod (1926–2013), Norwegian sailor, won Olympic gold in the Dragon class aboard Pan with Thor Thorvaldsen and Sigve Lie at London 1948 and Helsinki 1952, plus Dragon Gold Cups 1948 and 1950.

Hal Haenel

Hal Haenel (Harold H. Haenel), American Star class sailor, three-time Olympian crewing for Mark Reynolds: silver at Seoul 1988, gold at Barcelona 1992, Star world champion 1995, later US Sailing Team leader at Sydney 2000.

Haley Cope

Haley Cope (Haley Cope (-Clark)), born 1979, American backstroke swimmer; 2004 Olympic 4x100 medley relay silver, 2001 world 50m backstroke champion, short course 50m back world record 27.25, Cal Hall of Fame 2012.

Halfdan Hansen

Halfdan Nicolai Hansen (1883–1953) was a Norwegian sailor who won Olympic gold in the 12 meter class at Stockholm 1912, and later managed an insurance office in Oslo.

Halvor Møgster

Halvor Møgster (Halvor Olai Larsen Møgster, later Kolbeinsvik, 1875–1950), Norwegian sailor from Austevoll, Bergens Seilforening; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 12 metres class aboard Atlanta with eight crewmates.

Halvor Olai Birkeland

Halvor Olai Birkeland (1894–1971), Norwegian sailor from Austevoll; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in 12 metres (1907 Rating) aboard Atlanta with brother Rasmus; Bergens Seilforening member.

Hamish Bond

Hamish Bond (born 1986, Dunedin), New Zealand rower and cyclist; three straight Olympic rowing golds (coxless pair 2012 and 2016 with Eric Murray, eight 2020), 69-race unbeaten streak, eight world titles, 2018 Commonwealth cycling bronze.

Han Xue

Han Xue (韩雪, listed as Xue Han), Chinese swimmer born 1981 in Beijing; Atlanta 1996 relay bronze medalist and former short-course 50 m breaststroke world record holder (30.77, 1997).

Hannah Mills

Hannah Mills (born 1988, Cardiff) is a Welsh sailor, the most successful female Olympic sailor with 470 gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and silver at London 2012, now Emirates GBR SailGP strategist and Athena Pathway co-founder.

Hannah Scott

Hannah Scott (born 1999, Coleraine) is a Northern Irish rower for Great Britain, Olympic gold medalist in the women's quadruple sculls at Paris 2024, world champion 2023, MBE, targeting LA 2028.

Hannelore Anke

Hannelore Anke (Hofmann), East German (GDR) breaststroke swimmer born 1957 in Bad Schlema; double 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in 100 m breaststroke and 4x100 m medley relay, both world records, plus 1975 world titles; later admitted East German doping recipient.

Hanni Hölzner

Hanni Hölzner (Johanna Hedwig Hölzner), German breaststroke swimmer, 1913–1988; set three 100m breaststroke world records (1:24.5 to 1:20.2, 1935–36) and placed fourth in the 200m breaststroke at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Hannie Termeulen

Hannie Termeulen (Johanna Maria Termeulen, 1929–2001), Dutch swimmer from Amsterdam club HDZ; won 100 m freestyle silver and 4x100 m freestyle relay silver at Helsinki 1952 and relay bronze at London 1948.

Hans Berglund

Hans Berglund (Hans Gustaf Bo Berglund, 1918–2006), Swedish sprint kayaker; won K2 1,000 m gold with Lennart Klingström at London 1948, 1938 world K2 silver, K4 world gold, father of Bo Berglund.

Hans Bourquin

Hans Bourquin (30 May 1914 – November 1997) was a Swiss rowing coxswain of Seeclub Biel who, aged barely 14, coxed Karl and Hans Schöchlin to coxed pairs gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

Hans Dersch

Hans F. Dersch (born 1967, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American breaststroke swimmer, University of Texas alumnus, and 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay as a heats swimmer; later a swim coach.

Hans Eller

Hans Eller (Johannes Edmund Karl Eller), German rower born 14 August 1910 in Danzig; won Olympic gold in the coxed fours at Los Angeles 1932 with Berlin RC; died 4 April 1943 in a POW camp in Russia.

Hans Fassnacht

Hans Fassnacht (Hans-Joachim Faßnacht, born 1950) is a retired West German swimmer, 1972 Olympic 4x200 m freestyle relay silver medalist, former world record holder in the 400 m freestyle and 200 m butterfly, and 1992 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee.

Hans Freese

Hans Freese (Johann Heinrich Freese, 1918–1941), German freestyle swimmer from Bremen; 1936 Olympian, 1938 European 4x200m relay champion, world 4x100m relay record holder, died of war wounds near Leningrad.