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Alf Bruun Jacobsen
Alf Kristian Bruun Jacobsen (1885–1948) was a Norwegian sailor with KNS, Oslo, who won 1920 Olympic gold in the 8 metre (1907 Rating) class aboard Irene, the event's only entrant.
Alf Hansen
Alf Hansen (Alf John Hansen, born 1948, Oslo), Norwegian rower of Ormsund Roklub; Olympic double sculls gold 1976 with brother Frank, quadruple sculls silver 1988, nine world medals with four golds.
Alfons Dorfner
Alfons Dorfner (1911–1982), Austrian canoe sprint paddler with UKRV Schnecke Linz; won K2 1,000 m gold with Adi Kainz at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in 4:03.8, fourth in folding kayak doubles, 1936 Duisburg European K4 bronze.
Alfred Felber
Alfred Eugène Felber (1886–1967), Swiss rower of Société Nautique de Genève, specialist in coxed pairs; bronze at Antwerp 1920 with Candeveau and Piaget, Olympic gold at Paris 1924 with Lachapelle, plus three European titles.
Alfred Larsen
Alfred Larsen (Alfred Waldemar Garmann Larsen, 1863–1950), Norwegian wine importer and sailor; won Norway's first Olympic sailing gold in the 12m class aboard Magda IX at Stockholm 1912; KNS chairman 1909–13.
Alfred Nakache
Alfred Nakache (Artem Nakache, 1915-1983), French Algerian Jewish swimmer: 1936 and 1948 Olympian, 200m breaststroke world record holder (2:36.8, 1941), Auschwitz survivor whose wife and daughter were gassed.
Alfred Probst
Alfred Probst (1894 to April 1958) was a Swiss rower for RC Lausanne who won gold in the coxed fours and bronze in the coxless fours at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Alfred Spengler
Alfred Spengler, East German swimmer from Halle (club Motor Mitte Halle), set the first GDR swimming world record: 400 m individual medley, 5:18.3, 22 April 1954, Dresden, beating Maurice Lusien's mark by nine seconds.
Algarve Surf School
Algarve Surf School, also Algarve Surf School & Camp, is a Sagres, Portugal surf school founded in 1996 by coach Sergio Wu Brandao, with sites in Sagres and Praia do Amado, ASI-certified instructors, and camp weeks from 490 euros.
Algernon Maudslay
Algernon Maudslay (1873–1948), British yachtsman, helmsman of Scotia at the Paris 1900 Olympics, winning two sailing golds (Open class and ½-1 Ton race one) and fourth in ½-1 Ton race two; later Yacht Racing Association treasurer and CBE recipient.
Ali Truwit
Ali Truwit (Alexandra Truwit), American S10 Paralympic swimmer; lost her left leg in a May 2023 shark attack off Turks and Caicos after Yale graduation, then won 400 m freestyle and 100 m backstroke S10 silver at Paris 2024.
Alia Atkinson
Alia Shanee Atkinson, born 1988, Jamaican breaststroke swimmer; five-time Olympian (2004-2020), four-time short-course world champion, and former 50m and 100m SCM breaststroke world record holder; retired 2022.
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (Aleksandr Bogdanovich), Belarusian sprint canoeist born 1982, Olympic C2 1000 m champion with brother Andrei at Beijing 2008 and silver medalist at London 2012; later Belarus ice hockey federation chairman.
Aliaksandr Masiaikou
Aliaksandr Masiaikou (Aleksandr Maseykov, Александр Масейков), Belarusian sprint canoeist born 1971 in Mogilev; 1992 Olympic C-2 500 m gold for the Unified Team with Douhalionok; Olympian 1992-2000.
Aliaksei Abalmasau
Aliaksei Abalmasau, born in 1980 in Barysaw, Belarus, is a Belarusian sprint kayaker who won the men's K4 1000 m gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Alice Mills
Alice Mills (Alice Mary Mills, later Tait), Australian swimmer born 1986 in Brisbane; two Olympic relay golds at Athens 2004, bronze at Beijing 2008, world records in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, retired 2012.
Alicia Coutts
Alicia Coutts (Alicia Jayne Coutts), Australian swimmer born 1987 in Brisbane, medley-butterfly-freestyle specialist. Five Olympic medals at London 2012 including 4x100m freestyle relay gold; five golds at Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games; retired after Rio 2016.
Alicia Hoskin
Alicia Hoskin, New Zealand canoe sprint kayaker born 2000 in Gisborne, double Olympic gold medalist at Paris 2024 in K2 500m (with Lisa Carrington) and K4 500m, and 2023 world K4 champion.
Alla Shishkina
Alla Shishkina (Алла Шишкина), born 1989 in Moscow, is a Russian artistic swimmer who won Olympic team gold at three consecutive Games and 14 world titles.
Allen Morgan
Allen Morgan (1925-2011), American rowing coxswain; coxed the University of Washington-based US coxed four to 1948 London Olympic gold in 6:50.3 with Westlund, Martin, Will, and Giovanelli; UW Hall of Fame 1981 and 2003.
Allen Stack
Allen Stack (Allen McIntyre Stack, 1928–1999), American backstroke swimmer; 1948 Olympic 100 m backstroke gold medalist in 1:06.4, six world records, 1951 Pan Am double gold, later a Honolulu lawyer.
Allison Higson
Allison Higson (Allison Ann Higson-Cavanaugh, born 1973), Canadian swimmer; set 200 m breaststroke world record 2:27.27 at 15 in 1988, youngest Commonwealth Games gold medalist at 13, Olympic medley relay bronze at Seoul 1988.
Allison Jolly
Allison Jolly (born 1956, St. Petersburg, Florida) is an American sailor who skippered the first women's Olympic sailing gold, the 470 with Lynne Jewell at Seoul 1988; later a USF coach and 2019 National Sailing Hall of Fame inductee.
Allison Schmitt
Allison Rodgers Schmitt, American swimmer, four-time Olympian (2008–2020) with 10 Olympic medals including 4 gold; 2012 Olympic 200m freestyle champion in 1:53.61; mental health advocate.
Allison Wagner
Allison Marie Wagner, American swimmer born 1977 in Gainesville, Florida; 1996 Olympic 400 m IM silver medalist; set short-course 200 m IM world record 2:07.79 in 1993; later USADA Director of Athlete and International Relations.
Almugar Surf Shop
Almugar Surf Shop, Taghazout, Morocco; founded 2003 by Mo; Berber for "meeting place"; surfboard repair, GSI distribution, board and wetsuit rental; sister of Dfrost Almugar Surf & Yoga (2008).
Almwelle
The Almwelle is a standing artificial river-surfing wave on the Almkanal in the Gneis district of Salzburg, Austria, converted from a flood-relief sluice in 2010 and adjustable for beginners and professionals.
Aloha Spot
Aloha Spot is a French vacation center organizer in Vieux-Boucau, Landes, arranging school trips, summer camps, and group stays, operating Le Boucalais Surf Spot with surf, paddle, skate, and nature activities between ocean, lake, and forest.
Aloha Surf
Aloha Surf is a name shared by many unrelated surf businesses: a mapped surf school in Rabat, Morocco; Aloha Surf Camp Maroc in Tamraght; Aloha Surf School on Maui; Aloha Surf Shop Manly (1991); Aloha Surfhouse Joondalup; and Canada's first FlowSurf venue in Québec City.
Aloha Surf & Glisse
Aloha Surf & Glisse is a surf school and outdoor activity center in Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, Landes, France, offering surf, paddle, bodyboard, canoe, skate, and nature activities, plus the Boucalais Surf Spot group accommodation; distinct from Aloha Surf School Seignosse and Aloha Surf Shop Six-Fours.