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Karoly Guttler
Karoly Guttler (Károly Güttler, nicknamed Guti), Hungarian breaststroke swimmer born 1968 in Budapest; Olympic silver 100 m breaststroke Seoul 1988 and 200 m Atlanta 1996; 100 m breaststroke world record 1:00.95 (1993–1996).
Karoly Szittya
Károly Szittya (Szittya Károly, born Schäfer, 1918–1983), Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic silver 1948 and gold 1952, 21 caps, later master coach who won the 1967 Hungarian title with Újpesti Dózsa.
Karsten Schmeling
Karsten Schmeling (born 1962, Hennigsdorf) is a German rower, East German coxed four Olympic champion at Seoul 1988 and world champion 1986-1987; also world silver medalist in coxed pair and eight.
Kasia Gruchalla Wesierski
Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski, Canadian rower (born 1991, Montreal), Olympic gold in the women's eight at Tokyo 2020 and silver at Paris 2024; former alpine skier who began rowing at 23.
Kaspar Hassel
Kaspar Fredrik Hassel (1877–1962), Norwegian architect and Olympic sailor; Bergen city architect 1924–47, designer of Fridalen and other Bergen schools; won 1920 Antwerp gold in the 12 metre class aboard Heira II.
Kat Copeland
Kat Copeland (Katherine Sarah Copeland, born 1990) is a British rower who won Olympic gold with Sophie Hosking in the women's lightweight double sculls at London 2012, the GB lightweight women's first Olympic title, and retired in 2019.
Katalin Kovacs
Katalin Kovács (Kovács Katalin), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1976 in Budapest; three Olympic golds and five silvers (2000-2012) and a record 31 World Championship titles, later heading her namesake Sukoró canoe academy.
Katalin Szoke
Katalin Szőke (Kató Szőke, Katherine Domyan, 1935–2017), Hungarian swimmer; double 1952 Helsinki Olympic champion (100 m freestyle, 4×100 m relay), 1954 European champion, four relay world records; defected to the USA after 1956.
Kate Hooper
Kate Hooper (Kate Jon-Marie Hooper, born 1978, Auckland) is an Australian water polo centre forward who won gold with Australia at Sydney 2000, the first Olympic women's water polo tournament; final won 4-3 over the United States.
Kate Slatter
Kate Slatter (Kate Allen), born 1971, Australian rower; with Megan Still won Australia's first women's Olympic rowing gold, coxless pair Atlanta 1996; Sydney 2000 silver with Rachael Taylor; 1995 world champion.
Kate Ziegler
Kate Ziegler (born 1988, Fairfax, Virginia), American distance freestyle swimmer; two-time Olympian (2008, 2012); swept 800m/1500m freestyle golds at 2005 and 2007 World Championships; broke Janet Evans's 1500m world record (15:42.54, 2007); now a mindset coach.
Katelin Snyder Guregian
Katelin Snyder Guregian (Katelin Guregian, nee Snyder), born 1987, American rowing coxswain; Olympic gold in the women's eight at Rio 2016, fourth at Tokyo 2020, multiple World Championship titles, wife of Olympian Nareg Guregian.
Kateryna Tarasenko
Kateryna Tarasenko (Катерина Миколаївна Тарасенко, born 1987, Dnipro) is a Ukrainian rower, 2012 Olympic quadruple sculls champion, Ukraine's first rowing gold; 7th in the 2008 double sculls.
Katherine Grainger
Katherine Grainger, Baroness Grainger, is a Scottish rower who won five Olympic medals, including gold at London 2012, and became the first female Chair of the British Olympic Association.
Kathleen Baker
Kathleen Baker, American swimmer born 1997 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; 2016 Olympic gold (4x100 medley relay) and silver (100 backstroke), former world record holder in the 100 back (58.00) and medley relay.
Kathleen Dawson
Kathleen Mary Dawson (born 1997, Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is a British backstroke swimmer, University of Stirling, who won Tokyo 2020 mixed medley relay gold in world-record 3:37.58 and holds the 100m backstroke European record of 58.08.
Kathleen Heddle
Kathleen Heddle was a Canadian rower who won three gold medals and one bronze at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, becoming with Marnie McBean the first Canadians to win three Summer Olympic golds.
Kathleen Nord
Kathleen Nord (married name Kathleen Feldvoss) was a German swimmer who won the 200 meters butterfly gold medal for East Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Kathrin Boron
Kathrin Boron (Kathrin Boron-Kölm), German rower born 1969 in Eisenhüttenstadt; four Olympic golds (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004) plus 2008 bronze, eight world titles, Thomas Keller Medal 2009.
Kathrin Haacker
Kathrin Haacker, German rower (born 1967, Wismar), SC Dynamo Berlin; Olympic gold in the women's eight for East Germany at Seoul 1988, bronze for Germany at Barcelona 1992, fourth in coxless pairs 1996, and seven World Championship medals.
Kathryn Meaklim
Kathryn Meaklim (Katheryn Meaklim), South African swimmer born 1989 in Johannesburg, specialist in the 200 m and 400 m individual medley; set the short-course 400 m IM world record (4:22.88, Singapore 2009) and swam at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Kathy Ellis
Kathy Ellis (Kathleen Ellis, later Landgraf, Greer), American swimmer born 1946 in Indianapolis, Riviera Club; won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals in four events at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and held the 100 m butterfly world record.
Kathy Heddy
Kathy Heddy (Kathryn Jean Heddy, Kathy Heddy-Drum), American swimmer born 1958 in Syracuse, New York; 1976 Olympic fifth-place 400 m freestyler, 1975 world 200 m medley champion and four-time Pan American gold medalist.
Kathy Keeler
Kathy Keeler (Kathryn Elliott Keeler-Parker), American rower born 1956 in Galveston, Texas; stroke of the US women's eight that won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in 2:59.80, the first US women's crew to win Olympic gold; 1982 world silver, later national coach.
Katie Grimes
Katie Grimes is an American swimmer from Las Vegas who won 400m IM silver at Paris 2024 and was the first U.S. woman to race both pool and open water events at one Olympics.
Katie Hoff
Katie Hoff (Kathryn Elise Hoff, born 1989) is an American swimmer, two-time Olympian, seven-time world champion, former 400 IM world record holder, and pulmonary embolism survivor who retired in 2015.
Katie Ledecky
Katie Ledecky (Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky), American distance freestyle swimmer born 1997 in Bethesda, Maryland; most decorated U.S. female Olympian with 14 medals, 9 gold, and 30 world championship medals, second only to Michael Phelps.
Katie Meili
Katie Meili (Catherine Michelle Meili, born 1991) is a retired American swimmer, 2016 Olympic bronze medalist in the 100 m breaststroke and gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, later a Georgetown Law graduate.
Katie Vincent
Katie Vincent (Katharine Leslie Vincent, born 1996) is a Canadian sprint canoeist, Olympic champion in the women's C-1 200m at Paris 2024 with a 44.12 world best, and a three-time Olympic medallist with nine world titles.
Katinka Hosszú
Katinka Hosszú (Iron Lady), Hungarian swimmer born 1989 in Pécs; triple Olympic champion at Rio 2016 (100 back, 200/400 IM), four straight world 200/400 IM titles, 97 medals, retired January 2025.