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Katrin Meißner
Katrin Meißner (born 1973, East Berlin), German swimmer; double 1988 Olympic relay gold medalist for East Germany and 50 m freestyle bronze medalist; also swam for reunified Germany at Sydney 2000; 2002 world record 4x100 m freestyle relay 3:36.00.
Katrin Rutschow Stomporowski
Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski (born 1975, Waren, Germany) is a German rower, Olympic champion in the quadruple sculls 1996 and single sculls 2004, with bronze in the single sculls 2000 and three world titles.
Katrin Wagner Augustin
Katrin Wagner-Augustin (born 1977), German sprint canoeist of KC Potsdam; four Olympic golds including K4 500 m at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008; 10 world titles; retired 2015.
Katrina Konopka
Katrina Konopka (born 1997) is an American sprint freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Greenville, South Carolina. She won gold and set a world record in the 4x50m medley relay at the 2016 short-course World Championships, swam for Arizona, and later competed in the ISL.
Katsiaryna Khadatovich Karsten
Katsiaryna Khadatovich-Karsten (Ekaterina Karsten, Кацярына Хадатовіч-Карстэн), Belarusian single sculler born 1972, competed at seven Olympics 1992–2016, won gold 1996 and 2000, six world titles.
Katsuki Ishihara
Katsuki Ishihara (石原勝記), born 10 March 1939 in Kumamoto, is a Japanese swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1960 Rome Olympics, placed fourth in the 1964 freestyle relay, and set a 1957 medley relay world record.
Katsunori Kenjo
Katsunori Kenjo (剣城 克則), Japanese freestyle swimmer; swam in the 4x200m freestyle relay world record team (8:18.7, Osaka, 26 July 1959) with Yamanaka, Fukui, and Fujimoto; record broken July 1960.
Katy Murdoch
Katy Murdoch (born 1987), Calgary backstroke swimmer for the U of Calgary Dinos; set Canadian 100m backstroke records (56.88 SC, 58.67 CIS), 200m back 2:06.81, world-record 4x100m medley relay 2009, three Universiade medals, now a CFA investment counsellor at Mawer.
Kauli Vaast
Kauli Vaast, Tahitian surfer born 2002 in Papeete competing for France; 2024 Paris Olympic men's surfing gold at Teahupo'o (17.67 over Jack Robinson), first Polynesian Olympic champion, 2025-26 Challenger Series winner now on the WSL Championship Tour.
Kay Bluhm
Kay Bluhm (born 1968, Brandenburg an der Havel), German canoe sprint kayaker; with Torsten Gutsche won K-2 500 m and 1,000 m gold at Barcelona 1992 and K-2 500 m gold at Atlanta 1996; 5 Olympic medals, 7 world titles.
Kay Worthington
Kay Worthington (Kay Frances Worthington-Teti), Canadian rower born 1959 in Toronto; three-time Olympian who won gold in women's coxless fours and eights at Barcelona 1992, the latter in world-record time.
Kayak
Kayak (qajaq, qyaq): Inuit-developed 4,000-year-old skin-frame boat paddled seated with a double-bladed paddle; now a global craft for sprint, slalom, kayak cross, and Paracanoe racing.
Kayaking
Kayaking: paddling a decked boat with a double-bladed paddle from a seated position. Inuit skin-boat origins; MacGregor's 1866 Rob Roy; Olympic Canoe Sprint (1936), Slalom (1972), kayak cross (2024).
Kaye Hall
Kaye Hall (Kaye Marie Hall-Greff, born 1951, Tacoma, Washington), American swimmer; 1968 Olympic gold in 100 m backstroke (world record 1:06.2) and medley relay, bronze in 200 m backstroke; first woman under 1:00 for 100-yard backstroke.
Kazuo Tomita
Kazuo Tomita (富田一雄, born 1 January 1939, Kurume, Japan), Japanese backstroke swimmer; bronze in 4x100 m medley relay at 1960 Rome Olympics, 1958 and 1962 Asian Games gold medalist, former medley relay world record holder.
Keegan Walkley
Keegan Walkley (Keegan Walkley Ingelido), American swimmer: 1999 NCAA 200-yard backstroke champion for Georgia, 2000 world-record 4x100 m medley relay, four SEC 200-back titles, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials finalist, later TCU assistant coach.
Keep Cool Surfing
Keep Cool Surfing is a French surf school and equipment rental business in Brétignolles-sur-Mer, Vendée, founded in 2010 by certified instructor Christophe Guyon, offering surf, bodyboard, and stand-up paddle courses and rental from April to October.
Keiji Hase
Keiji Hase (長谷 景治), born 3 July 1935, is a Japanese former backstroke swimmer for Waseda University who placed =9th in the 100 m backstroke at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and won three Asian Games golds.
Kelly Asplund
Kelly Asplund is an American swimmer who set the women's 50 m freestyle world record, 26.53, on April 10, 1980 in Austin, Texas; a Stanford All-American, NCAA relay champion, and later USMS masters record holder.
Kelsi Dahlia
Kelsi Worrell (Kelsi Dahlia), American butterfly swimmer born 1994 in New Jersey; 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, first woman under 50 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly, and short-course 100 fly world record holder (54.59, 2021).
Ken Merten
Ken Merten (Kenneth Owen Merten, born 1945, Akron, Ohio) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 1968 US Olympian, 1967 NCAA 100/200-yard breaststroke champion for SMU, Pan American and Universiade medalist.
Ken Myers
Ken Myers (Kenneth Myers, 1896–1972) was an American rower from Norristown, Pennsylvania, and Bachelors Barge Club who won three Olympic rowing medals across the 1920, 1928, and 1932 Games.
Ken Sitzberger
Ken Sitzberger (Kenneth Robert Sitzberger, 1945-1984), American diver, 1964 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in men's 3 m springboard (159.90 points), 1963 Pan Am bronze, five-time NCAA champion at Indiana, later ABC diving commentator.
Ken Wallace
Ken Wallace (Kenneth Maxwell Wallace, born 1983) is an Australian canoe sprint kayaker, Olympic K1 500 m champion and K1 1000 m bronze medallist at Beijing 2008, six-time world champion, later Paddle Australia pathways lead and AOC deputy Chef de Mission.
Ken Walsh
Ken Walsh (Kenneth Marshall Walsh), born 1945, American swimmer; 1968 Olympic gold in 4x100 freestyle and medley relays, silver in 100 m freestyle; 100 m freestyle world record 52.6 in 1967.
Kenneth Carey
Kenneth Anton Carey (1893-1981), American sailor and California Yacht Club member; won 1932 Los Angeles Olympics 8 metre class gold aboard Angelita after finishing second in trials; Berkeley law graduate.
Kenrick Monk
Kenrick Monk (born 1988, Blacktown, NSW) is an Australian swimmer and coach, two-time Olympian (Beijing 2008, London 2012), 2008 short-course world 200m freestyle champion, and 4x200m relay short-course world record holder, now head coach at Caulfield Aquatics.
Kent Mitchell
Kent Mitchell (Henry Kent Mitchell II, born 1939) is an American coxswain who won coxed-pairs bronze at Rome 1960 and gold at Tokyo 1964 with Conn Findlay, plus two national titles; later a rowing administrator, Hall of Fame inductee, and attorney.
Kerry Simmonds
Kerry Simmonds, American rower (born 1989, Palo Alto, California), Olympic gold medalist in the women's eight at Rio 2016 and two-time world champion (2013, 2015); University of Washington walk-on, later Oregon assistant coach.
Kersten Neisser
Kersten Neisser (later Koepke, Kriesel), born 1956 in Halle (Saale), East German rower; Olympic gold in women's eights at Moscow 1980 (3:03.32), world eights gold 1977, coxed fours gold 1978.