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Kristina Mundt
Kristina Mundt (Mundt-Richter), born 1966 in Merseburg, German rower; double Olympic champion in the women's quadruple sculls for East Germany (Seoul 1988) and Germany (Barcelona 1992), plus 1985 and 1994 world titles.
Kristine Norelius
Kristine Lee Norelius, American rower (born 1956, Seattle), gold medalist in the women's eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics (2:59.80) and three-time world championship silver medalist (1981-1983); 1980 boycotted US Olympic team member.
Kristine Quance
Kristine Quance (Quance-Julian), born 1975 in Northridge, California, American swimmer; 1996 Olympic gold in 4x100 m medley relay heats, nine-time NCAA champion at USC, later Rose Bowl Aquatics and UCLA coach.
Kristine Roug
Kristine Roug, now Cristine Storm Lassen, Danish sailor born 1975 in Hørsholm; won Europe class gold at the 1996 Savannah Olympics, first Danish woman Olympic gold since 1948, and retired after placing 10th at Sydney 2000.
Kristof Rasovszky
Kristóf Rasovszky, Hungarian open water swimmer, the Balaton Shark; Olympic 10km gold Paris 2024 (1:50:52.7), silver Tokyo 2020; world 5km champion 2019 and 10km champion 2024.
Kristof Wilke
Kristof Wilke (born 1985, Radolfzell am Bodensee) is a retired German rower, stroke of the Deutschlandachter, Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight at London 2012, three-time world champion (2009-2011), and Germany's closing-ceremony flagbearer in London.
Kristoffer Olsen
Kristoffer Olsen (1883–1948), Norwegian Olympic sailor and shipping executive; won gold in the 8-metre (1907 Rating) class aboard Irene at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; co-founded Olsen & Ugelstad; distinct from the actor, golfer, and powerlifter of the same name.
Kristy Kowal
Kristy Kowal (Kristina Ann Kowal, born 1978, Reading, Pennsylvania), American breaststroke swimmer; 2000 Sydney Olympic silver medalist in the 200m breaststroke, 1998 world champion in the 100m breaststroke and medley relay, later a Pennsylvania elementary school teacher.
Krisztina Egerszegi
Krisztina Egerszegi (Egerszegi Krisztina), Hungarian backstroke swimmer born 1974 in Budapest, won five individual Olympic golds (1988, 1992, 1996), three straight 200 m backstroke titles, and set 100/200 m backstroke world records in 1991.
Krisztina Fazekas Zur
Krisztina Fazekas Zur (Fazekas-Zur Krisztina), born 1980 in Budapest, is a Hungarian sprint kayaker, two-time Olympic K4 500 m champion (2012, 2016), eight-time world champion, wife and athlete of coach Rami Zur, retired 2022.
Kurt Bretting
Kurt Bretting (Kurt Fritz Albert Bretting), German freestyle swimmer of SC Hellas Magdeburg; 100 m freestyle world record 1:02.4 (1912), fourth at Stockholm 1912, killed in action 1918.
Kurt Grote
Kurt Grote (Kurt David Grote, born 1973), American breaststroke swimmer; 1996 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay, 1998 world champion in the 200 m breaststroke, Stanford swimmer later a physician and McKinsey consultant.
Kurt Helmudt
Kurt Helmudt (1943-2018), Danish rower of Roforeningen KVIK, won gold in the coxless fours at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, European silver 1964, and World bronze 1970; later a shipbuilding engineer.
Kurt Kuschela
Kurt Kuschela (born 1988, Berlin) is a German canoe sprint racer, Olympic gold medalist in C2 1000 m at London 2012 with Peter Kretschmer; 2013 world champion C4 1000 m; retired 2015, now KC Potsdam youth coach.
Kurt Moeschter
Kurt Moeschter (Fritz Hermann Kurt Moeschter, 1903-1959), German rower of Berliner RK Hellas; with Bruno Müller won coxless pairs gold at Amsterdam 1928 in 7:06.4, Germany's first Olympic rowing gold, plus German titles 1927-29.
Kurt Seiffert
Kurt Seiffert (Armin Kurt Seiffert, born 21 December 1935, Detroit) is an American rowing coxswain who won 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold in the coxed pair with Conn Findlay and Dan Ayrault and raced the coxed fours at Rome 1960.
Kurt von Eckenbrecher
Kurt von Eckenbrecher (born 5 February 1917 in Neuruppin) was a German freestyle swimmer and SS sports officer who after the war edited Germany's first diving magazine, Delphin.
Kurt Wires
Kurt Wires (Kurt Oskar Wires, born Virtanen, 1919–1992), Finnish sprint kayaker; silver in K1 10,000 m at London 1948, double K2 gold with Yrjö Hietanen at Helsinki 1952; lost right eye in Continuation War.
Kuzuo Kitamura
Kuzuo Kitamura (北村久寿雄, also Kusuo Kitamura), Japanese swimmer who won the 1932 Olympic 1,500 m freestyle at 14 years 309 days, still the youngest male individual Olympic gold medalist.
Kyle Chalmers
Kyle Chalmers (born 1998), Australian swimmer, Rio 2016 Olympic 100m freestyle champion (47.58) and Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 silver medallist; 2023 world champion; Australia's most decorated male Commonwealth Games swimmer.
Kyle Hamilton
Kyle Hamilton (born 1978) is a Canadian rower, UBC Thunderbirds affiliate, who won gold in the men's eight at Beijing 2008 and world titles in 2002, 2003, and 2007; also the name of a Ravens safety.
Kyle Stolk
Kyle Stolk (born 1996, Edenvale, South Africa) is a Dutch freestyle and medley swimmer; 2014 Youth Olympic silver medalist 200 m free, 2016 Olympian, world record holder mixed 4x50 m free relay (2017), retired 2021.
Kylie Masse
Kylie Masse (born 1996, Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian backstroke swimmer, five-time Olympic medallist and three-time world champion who set the 100 m backstroke world record of 58.10 in 2017.
Kylie Palmer
Kylie Palmer (Kylie Jayne Palmer), Australian distance freestyle swimmer born 1990 in Brisbane. Olympic gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay at Beijing 2008 in world-record 7:44.31, silver at London 2012, Delhi 2010 Commonwealth champion, retired 2016.
Kyoko Iwasaki
Kyoko Iwasaki (岩崎恭子), born 1978 in Numazu, Japan, is a Japanese former swimmer who won the 1992 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke gold at age 14.
L & T Hasewelle
L&T Hasewelle: artificial standing surf wave (Citywave) in the L&T Sporthaus department store, Osnabrück, Germany, opened 2018; 45-minute sessions, 39/49 €, Rapid Surf League venue.
La Murette de Oukam
La Murette de Oukam is a surf school and surfing spot in Ouakam, Dakar, Senegal, on the Corniche-Ouest near Plage Ouakam and the Mosquée de la Divinité, mapped in OpenStreetMap at 14.71552 N, 17.49177 W.
La Nord
La Nord is the powerful expert-level sand-bottom beach break at Hossegor, Landes, France, shaped by the gouf de Capbreton canyon; it hosts the Rip Curl Challenge La Nord big-wave contest each winter.
La Vague Basque
La Vague Basque is a surf school and sports venue in Biarritz, France, founded in 1997 by David Quérol and Christophe Moraiz, labeled École Française de Surf, based since 2003 on the Côte des Basques beach.
Lacey Nymeyer
Lacey Nymeyer (Lacey Pearl Nymeyer-John), American swimmer born 1985 in Tucson, Arizona; 2008 Olympic silver medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 2007 world-record 4x200 m freestyle relay, and 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year at the University of Arizona.