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Inge Dekker
Inge Dekker, Dutch swimmer (born 1985, Assen), butterfly and freestyle sprinter; Olympic 4x100 freestyle relay gold 2008, silver 2012, bronze 2004; 2011 world 50m butterfly champion; retired 2016.
Ingo Spelly
Ingo Spelly, German canoe sprint paddler born 1966 in Lübben, Olympic C2 doubles specialist: Seoul 1988 silver with Heukrodt for East Germany, Barcelona 1992 gold (C2 1000 m) and silver with Ulrich Papke, plus seven world championship medals.
Ingolf Rød
Ingolf Rød (Ingolf Richard Rød, 1889–1963), Norwegian sailor from Tønsberg Seilforening; won Olympic gold at Antwerp 1920 in the 6 Metre class (1919 rating) aboard Jo with skipper Andreas Brecke and Paal Kaasen.
Ingrid Gulbin Engel Kramer
Ingrid Gulbin Engel Kramer (Ingrid Krämer, born 1943, Dresden) is an East German diver with three Olympic golds and one silver: double champion at Rome 1960, springboard gold and platform silver at Tokyo 1964.
Ingrid Schmidt
Ingrid Schmidt (Ingrid Schmidt-Naue, 1945-2023), East German backstroke swimmer; 1960 Olympic bronze in the 4x100 m medley relay, 1962 European champion and world record holder (4:40.1).
Ingvar Hansson
Ingvar Hansson (Gert Ingvar Severin Hansson), Swedish Olympic sailor born 1947 in Göteborg; crew for John Albrechtson, fourth at Munich 1972 and Tempest-class gold medalist at Montreal 1976.
International Surf School
International Surf School (International Surf School, Lda.) is a surf school and camp in Sagres, Portugal, operating since 2001; registered RNAAT 53/2008, AL 7376/AL, offering surf instruction and accommodation.
Ioana Badea
Ioana Badea, Romanian rower (born 1964, Odobești), also spelled Iona Badea; won 1984 Los Angeles Olympic gold in women's coxed quadruple sculls with the Steaua București crew in 3:14.11.
Ioana Olteanu
Ioana Olteanu (Călin), Romanian rower born 1966 in Dracsani, won women's eight silver at Barcelona 1992 and Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000, plus 12 World Cup medals.
Ioana Papuc Rotaru
Ioana Papuc Rotaru (Ioana Cristina Papuc-Rotaru, born 1984, Câmpulung Moldovenesc) is a Romanian rower, women's eight specialist: Olympic gold Athens 2004, bronze Beijing 2008, fourth London 2012, plus three European titles.
Ioannis Malokinis
Ioannis Malokinis (Ιωάννης Μαλοκίνης, 1880–1942), Greek sailor on the battleship Hydra; won gold in the one-time 1896 Olympic 100 m freestyle for sailors at Piraeus in 2:20.4.
ION Club
ION CLUB, formerly Club Mistral, is a watersports center network founded in 1985 by Yola Bichler, rebranded 2015, with 15 centers teaching kitesurfing, windsurfing, and wingfoiling at Tarifa, Le Morne, Safaga, Golf de Roses, and other destinations; distinct from the I'On Club fitness club in South Carolina.
Ippei Watanabe
Ippei Watanabe (渡辺一平), Japanese breaststroke swimmer born 1997, set the 200 m breaststroke world record at 2:06.67 in 2017, won 2014 Youth Olympic gold, and earned world championship bronze, silver, and Asian Games medals.
IRB racing
IRB racing is a surf lifesaving sport in which teams race Inflatable Rescue Boats, the powered rescue craft developed in Australia from 1969 and first raced as a sport from 1976, governed by ILS and national rules.
Irene Gilbert
Irene Gilbert (Irene Gilbert-Pass, 1903-1988), Sheffield swimmer for Attercliffe SC; world and European 100 m and 200 m breaststroke record holder (1923-1925) and fifth place in the 200 m breaststroke at the Paris 1924 Olympics.
Irene Guest
Irene May Guest (1900-1970), American swimmer of Philadelphia's Meadowbrook Club; at Antwerp 1920 she took 100 m freestyle silver and relay gold in a 5:11.6 world record.
Irene Steer
Irene Steer (1889–1977), Welsh swimmer, won gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, swimming anchor for Great Britain's world-record 5:52.8 team; first Welsh woman Olympic gold medalist.
Irina Kalinina
Irina Kalinina (Ирина Владимировна Калинина), Soviet diver born 1959 in Penza, won 3 m springboard gold at Moscow 1980 and world titles in 1975 and 1978; ISHOF inductee, mother of Nadezhda Bazhina.
Irina Pozdyakova
Irina Pozdyakova (Ирина Валентиновна Позднякова), Soviet breaststroke swimmer born 1953 in Moscow; set the 200 m breaststroke world record (2:43.0) at age 13 in 1966 and won European silver in Utrecht; wife of volleyball champion Vyacheslav Zaytsev.
Iris Komar
Iris Komar, East German freestyle swimmer, won 1970 European 4x100 m relay gold in world-record 4:00.8; later Dr. paed. (Leipzig 1993), sport psychologist, and author of the Schwimmbibliothek coaching series.
Irma Heijting Schuhmacher
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (Irma Schuhmacher), Dutch freestyle swimmer (1925-2014): Olympic relay bronze 1948 and silver 1952, 1950 European 100 m freestyle champion, 3x100 m medley relay world record holder; emigrated to Queensland, Australia in 1952.
Isaac Cooper
Isaac Cooper is an Australian swimmer born in 2004, specializing in backstroke. He is a 2024 gold medalist and short-course world record holder in the 4x100m medley relay.
Isabel Piralkova
Isabel Piralkova Coello (born 2005, Arenys de Mar) is a Spanish water polo player, Paris 2024 Olympic gold medalist, daughter of Olympian Svilen Piralkov, playing for CN Terrassa.
Isaquias Queiroz
Isaquias Queiroz (Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos), Brazilian sprint canoeist born 1994 in Ubaitaba, Bahia; five Olympic medals including C1 1000m gold at Tokyo 2020, first Brazilian with three medals at one Games, eight world titles.
Istvan Barany
Istvan Barany was a Hungarian swimmer who won 100 meter freestyle silver at the 1928 Olympics and became the first European to swim that distance in under one minute.
Istvan Barta
István Barta (Berger), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper (1895–1948), 1928 Olympic silver and 1932 Olympic gold medalist, three-time European champion, 50-cap international, breaststroke champion.
Istvan Gergely
István Gergely (Štefan Gergely), born 1976 in Dunajská Streda, is a Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, two-time Olympic champion (2004, 2008) and 2003 world champion after switching from Slovakia, now executive president of Budapesti Honvéd.
Istvan Hasznos
István Hasznos (1924–1998), Hungarian water polo center from Szolnok; 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold medalist, five-time Hungarian champion with Szolnoki Dózsa, later coach and Damjanich pool director.
Istvan Hevesi
István Hevesi (1931–2018), Hungarian water polo defender; Olympic gold at Melbourne 1956 and bronze at Rome 1960, European champion 1954 and 1958, 73 caps, also a three-time national swimming relay champion.
Istvan Korosi
István Kőrösi (1915–2005) was a Hungarian freestyle swimmer who won bronze in the 100 meter at the 1938 European Championships in London and held a 4 × 100 meter relay world record.