3,573 articles
Istvan Molnar
István Molnár (Štefan Fazekaš), 1913–1983, Hungarian water polo player from Galanta; 1936 Berlin Olympic gold medalist, 1938 European champion, Ferencváros and Vasas league winner, later Népstadion announcer.
Istvan Szivos, Jr.
Istvan Szivos, Jr. (István Szívós, Jr., Léc), Hungarian water polo center forward, 1948-2019; won Olympic gold 1976 plus silver and two bronzes, 308 caps, world and European champion, ISHOF 1996, son of Istvan Sr., father of Marton.
Istvan Szivos, Sr.
Istvan Szivos, Sr. (id. Szívós István, 1920–1992), Hungarian water polo center; Olympic gold 1952 and 1956, silver 1948, 1954 European champion; father of István Jr. and grandfather of Márton; ISHOF 1997.
Istvan Vaskuti
István Vaskuti (born 1955, Debrecen) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist, 1980 Moscow Olympic champion in C2 500 m with László Foltán, nine-time world champion, and ICF Vice President 2008–2016.
Italo Ferreira
Italo Ferreira, full name Ítalo Ferreira da Costa, is a Brazilian surfer from Baía Formosa who won the first Olympic surfing gold at Tokyo 2020 and the 2019 WSL world title.
Itamambuca Beach
Itamambuca Beach (Praia de Itamambuca), Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil: a consistent river-mouth beach break hosting national and international surf championships since Brazil's first 1968 surf festivals, with 2 m winter swells and SAI community management since 1977.
Iulica Ruican
Iulica Ruican (Iulică Ruican), Romanian rower born 1971 in Cujmir; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold in coxed fours and silver in eights, three world coxed-four titles, 7th at Atlanta 1996.
Ivan Moro
Iván Moro (Iván Moro Fernández), Spanish water polo player born 1974 in Madrid; Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996, world champion 1998 and 2001, brother of Daniel Moro.
Ivan Patzaichin
Ivan Patzaichin (1949–2021), Romanian sprint canoeist from Mila 23 in the Danube Delta; four Olympic golds and three silvers over five Games (1968–1984), 22 World Championship medals, later national coach and Danube Delta ecotourism founder.
Ivans Klementjevs
Ivans Klementjevs (Ivan Ilyich Klementyev), born 1960, Latvian sprint canoeist; Olympic C1 1000 m champion 1988 for USSR, silver 1992 and 1996 for Latvia; seven-time world champion; later Saeima deputy.
Ivar Stukolkin
Ivar Stukolkin (Ивар Всеволодович Стуколкин), Estonian swimmer for the Soviet Union, born 1960 in Tallinn; won 4×200 m freestyle relay gold and 400 m freestyle bronze at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Estonia's only swimming Olympic medals.
Ivo Stefanoni
Ivo Stefanoni (born 5 June 1936, Mandello del Lario) is an Italian rowing coxswain of Canottieri Moto Guzzi; Olympic gold in the coxed four at Melbourne 1956, bronze at Rome 1960, sixth in the eights at Tokyo 1964.
Iztok Cop
Iztok Čop, born 1972 in Kranj, is a Slovenian rower who competed at six Olympics, winning gold in the 2000 double sculls with Luka Špik, Slovenia's first Olympic gold, plus silver and two bronzes.
Jack Alexy
Jack Alexy (John Carroll Alexy, born 2003) is an American sprint freestyle swimmer, 6'8", from Morristown, NJ, who swims for Cal. Olympic gold in the 4x100 free relay at Paris 2024; American records 45.05 (25m) and 46.81 (50m) in the 100 free.
Jack Babashoff
Jack Babashoff (Jack Babashoff, Jr.), American sprint freestyle swimmer born 1955 in Whittier, California; 1976 Olympic 100 m freestyle silver medalist and world-record-setting relay swimmer, brother of Shirley Babashoff.
Jack Beresford
Jack Beresford (1899–1977), born Jack Beresford Wiszniewski, British oarsman who won medals at five consecutive Olympics 1920–1936 (3 gold, 2 silver), matching Redgrave's feat; son of 1912 silver medallist Julius Beresford.
Jack Brinck
Jack Brinck (John Manning Brinck, 1908-1934), American rower who won gold in the men's eights at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics for the UC Berkeley crew, later murdered in Texas.
Jack Cropp
Jack Cropp (John Urquhart Cropp, 1927–2016), New Zealand sailor and boatbuilder who with Peter Mander won gold in the 12 m² Sharpie at Melbourne 1956 in the boat Jest, New Zealand's first Olympic sailing medal, decided on a countback after Australia's disqualification.
Jack Hatfield
Jack Hatfield (John Gatenby Hatfield, 1893-1965), English swimmer from Middlesbrough; double silver and relay bronze at Stockholm 1912, five world records 1912-1914, four Olympics, Hall of Fame inductee.
Jack Kasley
Jack Kasley (John Hare Kasley, 1916-1989), American breaststroke swimmer, University of Michigan, NCAA champion 1935-37, world record 2:37.2 in 200 m breaststroke (1936), 10th at Berlin 1936 Olympics.
Jack Laugher
Jack Laugher (born 1995, Harrogate) is a British springboard diver, City of Leeds club, and Great Britain's first Olympic diving champion, winning 3m synchro gold with Chris Mears at Rio 2016 plus silver, and bronzes at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Jack Medica
Jack Chapman Medica (1914-1985), American freestyle swimmer from Seattle; 1936 Berlin Olympic 400m freestyle champion and double silver medalist; set 11 world records and coached Columbia and Penn.
Jack Wardrop
Jack Wardrop (John Caldwell Wardrop, born 26 May 1932), Scottish swimmer for Great Britain at the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Olympics; world record holder in 400 yards IM and 200m freestyle, Michigan NCAA champion.
Jacob Clear
Jacob Peter Clear (born 1985, Sydney) is an Australian sprint canoeist, OAM, who won K4 1000 m gold at London 2012 with Smith, Smith, and Stewart, and raced at Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016.
Jacob Dawson
Jacob Dawson (born 1993, Plymouth) is a British rower, Leander Club, who won men's eight bronze at Tokyo 2020, gold at Paris 2024, and the 2023 world title after recovering from a Covid-related pulmonary embolism.
Jacob Schopf
Jacob Schopf is a German canoe sprint kayaker, born 1999 in Berlin, who won silver at Tokyo 2020 and two golds at Paris 2024, plus four world titles.
Jacques Baptiste Lebrun
Jacques Baptiste Lebrun, French sailor (1910–1996), 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist in the singlehanded Snowbird dinghy; competed at five Games 1932–1960, later a boat designer and national technical director.
Jacques Cartonnet
Jacques Cartonnet (1911–1967) was a French breaststroke swimmer who set multiple world records in the 1930s and later became a Vichy militia propagandist implicated in denouncing rival Alfred Nakache.
Jacques le Lavasseur
Jacques le Lavasseur, also recorded as Jean le Vavasseur, was a French sailor of Société Nautique de Marseille who won two 1900 Olympic gold medals in the 2-3 ton class aboard the yacht Ollé at Meulan, with a DNF in the open class.
Jacques Mayol
Jacques Mayol (1927-2001), French freediver called the Dolphin Man, first person to reach 100 m on one breath (1976, Elba), later 105 m; rival of Enzo Maiorca and inspiration for The Big Blue.