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Andras Hargitay
Andras Hargitay (Hargitay András), Hungarian swimmer born 1956 in Budapest, nicknamed Hares: 1972 Olympic 400 IM bronze, world champion 1973 and 1975, former 400 IM world record holder, later veterinarian and national coach.
Andras Szekely
Andras Szekely (András Székely, born Szmuk András, 1910–1943), Hungarian freestyle swimmer; 1932 Olympic 4x200m freestyle relay bronze, 1931 European relay gold and 100m silver; murdered at Chernihiv labor camp.
Andras Wanie
András Wanié (Wanie), Hungarian swimmer and water polo player (1911–1976) of Szeged; 1932 Olympic 4x200 m freestyle relay bronze medalist, 1931 European champion, world and European record holder, later national head coach 1940–1943.
André Derrien
André Derrien (André Louis Marie Derrien, 1895–1994), French sailor; won 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold in the 8 metre class aboard L'Aile VI with Virginie Hériot's crew.
Andre Lesauvage
Andre Lesauvage (André Lesauvage, 1890-1971), French sailor; not related to Géo André or Andre De Grasse. Won Olympic gold in the 8 metres class at Amsterdam 1928 aboard Virginie Hériot's yacht L'Aile VI.
Andre Steiner
Andre Steiner (André Steiner), German rower born 1970 in Gera, Olympic gold medalist in the men's quadruple sculls at Atlanta 1996 (5:56.93) with Hajek, Volkert, and Willms; also a 1993 world champion, later a dentist. Distinct from the Swiss footballer and the Bauhaus architect of the same name.
Andre Willms
Andre Willms (André Willms, born 1972) is a German rower, two-time Olympic quadruple sculls champion (1992, 1996), Sydney 2000 bronze medalist, and five-time world champion in the single, double, and quad sculls.
Andre Wohllebe
André Wohllebe (1962-2014), German sprint kayaker from SC Berlin-Grünau; Olympic K-4 1000 m gold at Barcelona 1992, two bronzes at Seoul 1988, eight-time world champion; died of pancreatic cancer.
Andrea Eife
Andrea Eife (born 1956, Leipzig), East German swimmer with SC Dynamo Berlin; 1972 Olympic 4x100 freestyle relay silver, 1973 World and 1974 European relay gold, world record 3:52.45.
Andrea Georoff
Andrea Georoff, American swimmer from Winter Park, Florida; swam for Virginia and Georgia, set the 2005 NCAA 200-yard freestyle relay record (1:28.10), and later held USMS masters 50 freestyle records.
Andrea Gyarmati
Andrea Gyarmati (Gyarmati Andrea, born 1954, Budapest) is a Hungarian swimmer, 1972 Olympic silver (100 m backstroke) and bronze (100 m butterfly) medalist, 100 m butterfly world record holder, and 1995 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee.
Andrea Kurth
Andrea Kurth (Andrea Sredzki-Kurth), born 1957 in Breitenbrunn, East German rower with SC Einheit Dresden; won the first East German women's rowing Olympic gold in the coxed four at Montreal 1976 and the 1977 World Championships eight.
Andrea Pollack
Andrea Pollack, full name Andrea Pollack-Pinske (1961–2019), was an East German butterfly swimmer who won three gold and three silver medals at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games.
Andrea Proske
Andrea Proske (born 1986) is a Canadian rower, False Creek Rowing Club, who took up rowing at 27 and won gold in the women's coxed eight at Tokyo 2020, Canada's first women's rowing gold since 1996.
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix (born 2004) is a British 10-meter platform diver who won Olympic bronze with Lois Toulson at Paris 2024, and is the daughter of Fred Sirieix.
Andreas Brecke
Andreas Bang Brecke (1879-1952), Norwegian sailor and timber wholesaler from Fredrikstad, won Olympic sailing gold in the 8m class aboard Taifun at Stockholm 1912 and in the 6m class aboard Jo at Antwerp 1920.
Andreas Decker
Andreas Decker (born 1952, Zwickau) is an East German rower, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the coxless fours (Montréal 1976, Moscow 1980) with SC DHfK Leipzig, and four-time world champion in the same boat class.
Andreas Dittmer
Andreas Dittmer (born 1972, Neustrelitz), German canoe sprint paddler, won three Olympic golds (C2 1000 m 1996, C1 1000 m 2000, C1 500 m 2004), eight world titles, and later coached Canada's sprint canoe program.
Andreas Gregor
Andreas Gregor (born 1955, Dresden) is a retired East German rowing coxswain, Olympic champion in the coxed four at Moscow 1980 and four-time world champion (1977, 1978, 1982 coxed four; 1983 coxed pair), not the powerlifter Andrea Gregorová.
Andreas Hajek
Andreas Hajek, German rower (born 1968, Weißenfels), back-to-back Olympic gold in the men's quadruple sculls 1992 and 1996, Sydney 2000 bronze, five world titles, later bicycle shop owner in Halle.
Andreas Kuffner
Andreas Kuffner (born 1987, Vilshofen an der Donau) is a German retired rower; Olympic gold 2012 and silver 2016 in the Deutschlandachter men's eight, 2011 world champion, now a systemic coach.
Andreas Schmidt
Andreas Schmidt (born 1959, Düsseldorf), West German freestyle swimmer, relay specialist; two Olympics (1976, 1984), ten World and European relay medals, 4x200 m freestyle relay world record 7:20.40 in 1983.
Andrei Bahdanovich
Andrei Bahdanovich (Андрэй Віктаравіч Багдановіч), Belarusian sprint canoeist born 1987, won C2 1000 m Olympic gold at Beijing 2008 and silver at London 2012 with his brother Aliaksandr, plus world and European medals.
Andrei Dunaev
Andrei Dunaev (Andrey Yevgenyevich Dunayev, 1949-2015), Soviet medley swimmer from Moscow's Spartak club; set the 400 m medley world record (4:45.3, Tallinn, 1968), won 1966 European silver, and placed 7th in the 400 m IM at the 1968 Olympics.
Andrei Korneev
Andrei Korneev (Andrey Nikolayevich Korneyev, Андрей Николаевич Корнеев), Russian breaststroke swimmer, 1996 Olympic 200 m breaststroke bronze medalist whose medal was stripped for bromantan and restored on CAS appeal; short course world record holder 2:07.79 (1998).
Andrei Minakov
Andrei Minakov (Андрей Дмитриевич Минаков, born 2002), Russian swimmer, butterfly and freestyle sprinter; six-time 2018 Youth Olympic champion, Tokyo 2020 finalist, 2019 world silver medalist, and short-course 4x100 m medley relay world record holder (3:18.68).
Andrei Sebastian Cornea
Andrei Sebastian Cornea, Romanian rower born 1999 in Vatra Dornei; with Marian Enache won men's double sculls gold at Paris 2024, Romania's first in that class, plus 2024 European gold.
Andrew Byrnes
Andrew Byrnes (James Andrew Byrnes), born 1983 in Toronto, is a Canadian rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at Beijing 2008 and silver at London 2012.
Andrew Cooper
Andrew Dollman Cooper (born 1964), Australian rower, 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medallist in the coxless four with the Oarsome Foursome; also fifth in the 1988 eights; not the Irish thrower or baseball pitcher.
Andrew Libano
Andrew Jackson Libano, Jr. was an American sailor from New Orleans who won the Star class gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics with helmsman Gilbert Gray.