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Jia Yuanyuan
Jia Yuanyuan (贾媛媛), Chinese backstroke swimmer born 1978; won three relay golds and 200 m backstroke silver at the 1993 short-course world championships, setting a 4x100 m freestyle relay world record.
Jiao Liuyang
Jiao Liuyang (焦刘洋), Chinese butterfly swimmer born 1991 in Harbin; 2008 Olympic silver and 2012 Olympic gold in the 200 m butterfly (2:04.06, Olympic record), plus world-record medley relay and four Asian Games golds.
Jill Savery
Jill Savery (born 1972, Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American artistic (synchronized) swimmer who won team gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the first Olympic team event, plus 1991 and 1994 World Championship golds; 2008 ISHOF inductee.
Jill Sterkel
Jill Sterkel (Gillian Ann Sterkel), born 1961, American swimmer, first woman on four US Olympic swim teams (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988); two relay golds, two bronzes; later Texas head coach.
Jill Sudduth
Jill Sudduth (Jill Sabrina Sudduth), American synchronized swimmer born 1971 in Baltimore. 1996 Olympic team gold with a perfect score; undefeated duet 1993-96 with Becky Dyroen-Lancer; ISHOF 2012.
Jim Blair
Jim Blair (James Howard Blair, 1909–1992), American rower from Placerville, California; smallest member of the University of California eight that won gold in the men's eights at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in 6:37.6. Distinct from golfer Jim Tom Blair and the 1963 Bruins draft pick.
Jim Dunbar
Jim Dunbar (James Ralph Dunbar, 1930-2018), American rower, third seat of the Naval Academy eight that won 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold in the men's eights; later a 28-year Air Force colonel and F-105 pilot in Vietnam.
Jim Fifer
Jim Fifer (James Thomas Fifer, 1930–1986), American rower and US Navy oarsman; with Duvall Hecht he won gold in the coxless pairs at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics after competing in the coxed pairs at Helsinki 1952.
Jim Flanigan
Jim Flanigan (James Showers Flanigan, 1878-1937), American rower of Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won 1904 Olympic gold in the men's eight, fourth seat, beating Toronto Argonauts; also spelled Flanagan.
Jim Hardy
Jim Hardy: primarily James Herbert Hardy (1923-1986), American rower, six-oar in the UC Berkeley eight that won 1948 Olympic gold; also an Australian sailor and a USC quarterback of the same name.
Jim Hunt
Jim Hunt (James Hawley "Sham" Hunt, born 25 July 1936, Boston) is an American sailor, 1960 Rome Olympics 5.5 Metre gold medalist crewing for George O'Day on Minotaur, 1968 Mallory Cup winner, and former CEO of O'Day Yachts.
Jim Juvenal
Jim Juvenal (James Benner Juvenal, 1874–1942), American rower of Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; Olympic gold in the 1900 men's eight and silver in the 1904 single sculls, later a professional rowing coach.
Jim Mcconica
Jim McConica, American Masters swimmer from Ventura, California, Ventura County Masters; 46 FINA Masters world records, six NCAA titles at USC, English and Catalina Channel crossings, 2008 Masters International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee.
Jim Montgomery
Jim Montgomery (James Paul Montgomery, born 1955), American swimmer; first man under 50 seconds in the 100 m freestyle (49.99, Montreal 1976), three Olympic golds, five 1973 world titles, later a Dallas Masters coach and swim school founder.
Jim Piper
Jim Alan Piper, Australian breaststroke swimmer born 1981 in Campbelltown; 2002 short-course world 200 m breaststroke champion, 3:28.12 medley relay world record, Athens 2004 Olympian.
Jim Weekes
Jim Weekes (James Higginson Weekes, 1911–1977), American sailor and Seawanhaka YC member; won 6-Metre gold at the 1948 London Olympics aboard Llanoria; US Navy executive officer in the Pacific during World War II.
Jin Ziwei
Jin Ziwei (金紫薇, born 1985) is a Chinese rower who won gold in the women's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China's first Olympic rowing title.
Jiri Havlis
Jiri Havlis (Jiří Havlis), 1932–2010, Czechoslovak rower; won gold in the men's coxed four at Helsinki 1952 with Mejta, Jindra, Lusk, and cox Koranda, the first Czechoslovak Olympic rowing gold, plus 1953 European gold.
Jiri Prskavec
Jiří Prskavec (born 1993, Mělník) is a Czech canoe slalom K1 paddler, Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion and Rio 2016 bronze medallist, multiple world and European champion, coached by his father Jiří Prskavec sr.
Jiro Nagasawa
Jiro Nagasawa (長沢二郎), Japanese swimmer (1932-2010) who devised the dolphin kick, creating modern butterfly; 6th in 200 m breaststroke at Helsinki 1952 and 200 m butterfly world record holder.
Jo Aleh
Jo Aleh (Joanna Ayela Aleh, born 1986, Auckland) is a New Zealand sailor, four-time Olympian, and 470 gold medallist with Polly Powrie at London 2012 and silver at Rio 2016; later 49erFX with Molly Meech at Paris 2024.
Jo Harshbarger
Jo Ann Harshbarger (later Carson), born 1956, American distance freestyle swimmer; 1972 Olympian, world record holder in 800 m and 1,500 m freestyle, 1973 World Championships silver medalist.
Joachim Balke
Joachim Ludwig "Jochen" Balke (1917–1944), German breaststroke swimmer of SV Westfalen Dortmund; sixth in the 200 m breaststroke at Berlin 1936, 1938 European champion, and 100 m breaststroke world best of 1:09.5 in 1938; missing in action near Veliky Novgorod in 1944.
Joachim Dreifke
Joachim Dreifke (born 1952, Greifswald) is a German rower who competed for East Germany, Olympic gold in double sculls 1980 with Klaus Kröppelien, bronze single sculls 1976, four world titles, later a coach.
Joachim Mattern
Joachim Mattern (born 1948, Beeskow) is an East German flatwater canoeist, SC Berlin-Grünau, who won K-2 500 m gold and K-2 1,000 m silver with Bernd Olbricht at Montreal 1976, plus five world medals, and later coached German kayakers until 2005.
Joachim Rademacher
Joachim "Aki" Rademacher (1906-1970), German water polo player and swimmer of SC Hellas Magdeburg; won 1928 Olympic water polo gold with brother Erich and 1932 silver, plus European relay swimming titles.
Joachim Spremberg
Joachim Spremberg (1908–1975), German rower of the Berlin Rowing Club, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed fours at Los Angeles 1932 (7:19.0, 0.2 s over Italy), and German coxed fours champion 1931 and 1933.
Joachim Werner
Joachim Werner (1939–2010), West German rower with Berliner RC; won gold in men's coxed fours at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the Unified Team of Germany, plus 1963 European title; distinct from the archaeologist Joachim Werner.
Joakim Holmqvist
Joakim Holmqvist (Holmquist), born 1969, Swedish sprint freestyle swimmer; two Olympics (Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992), short course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record 3:14.00 (1989), and nine European sprint titles.
Joan Harrison
Joan Cynthia Harrison was a South African swimmer who won the 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the first South African swimmer to win Olympic gold.