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Ottokar Weise
Ottokar Weise (born before 1890, died after 1900), German regatta sailor of the Berliner Yacht-Club; crew of Aschenbrödel at Paris 1900, winning Olympic gold in the 1-2 ton class and silver in the open class.
Otylia Jedrzejczak
Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer born 1983, first Polish Olympic swimming champion (200 m butterfly, Athens 2004), two world titles, three 200 m butterfly world records, later president of the Polish Swimming Federation.
Oualidia Surfcamp
Oualidia Surfcamp is a surf camp and school in Oualidia, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco, run by certified instructor Zakaria Germouni, offering surf, kitesurf, and paddleboard lessons, packages from $299, and lagoon-side lodging.
Oued Cherrat
Oued Cherrat is a river on Morocco's Atlantic coast near Bouznika, roughly midway between Rabat and Casablanca, whose mouth forms a beach and reef surf break.
Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli (أسامة الملولي), Tunisian swimmer born 1984, Olympic 1500 m freestyle champion 2008 and 10 km open water champion 2012; first swimmer to win Olympic gold in both pool and open water, six-time Olympian.
Owen Churchill
Owen Porter Churchill (1896-1985), American yachtsman and inventor; won 8-metre class gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics aboard Angelita, competed in three Olympic regattas, and patented the first rubber swim fin in 1940.
Ozren Bonačić
Ozren Bonačić (Озрен Боначић), born 1942 in Zagreb, Croatian water polo player and coach. Four Olympics for Yugoslavia (gold 1968, silver 1964), 275 caps, Mladost Zagreb player and later coach with European Cup titles.
Pablo Morales
Pablo Morales (Pedro Pablo Morales Jr., born 1964) is an American swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist (3 gold, 2 silver), 100 m butterfly world-record holder, record 11-time NCAA champion at Stanford, and Nebraska head coach.
Paige Hauschild
Paige Hauschild (born 1999), American water polo attacker, 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist with Team USA, USC NCAA champion and record-setting freshman scorer, now playing for Assolim CN Mataró in Spain after a 2026 comeback.
Paige Kearns
Paige Kearns, later Paige Kearns Trani, American freestyle sprint swimmer from Rockledge, Florida; University of Georgia 2001-2005, six NCAA relay titles, 13 All-America honors, 2005 all-five-relays NCAA championship team, Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2017. Distinct from the Bermuda swimmer and the Ohio softball player of the same name.
Palm Beach Tenerife Surf Shop And School
Palm Beach Tenerife Surf Shop and School (Palm Beach Surfing Experts) is a surf shop, rental and Federación Canaria de Surf-endorsed school at Calle México 7, Playa de Las Américas, Arona, Tenerife, with over 200 rental boards.
Pam Kruse
Pam Kruse (Pamela Jean Kruse), American swimmer born 1950 in Miami, Florida; 1968 Olympic silver medalist in the 800 m freestyle and 1967 world record holder in the 200 m and 400 m freestyle, swimming for the Fort Lauderdale Swim Association.
Pan Zhanle
Pan Zhanle (潘展乐), born 2004 in Wenzhou, China, is a Chinese swimmer who set the men's 100-meter freestyle world record of 46.40 while winning Olympic gold at Paris 2024.
Pancer Door
Pancer Door (Pantai Pancer Door) is a beach and surfing spot in Ploso, Pacitan Regency, East Java, on Pacitan Bay. Designated a tourist resort in 1997, it has a mile-long sandy cove, left-hand surf waves, a sea pine jogging track, and about 55,000 annual visitors.
Pang Jiaying
Pang Jiaying (庞佳颖), Chinese freestyle swimmer born 1985 in Shanghai; four Olympic medals (2004, 2008), 2008 200m free bronze in Asian-record 1:55.05, and 2009 world-record 4x200 free relay gold.
Paolo Conte Bonin
Paolo Conte Bonin (born 2002, Thiene, Italy) is an Italian freestyle sprint swimmer, 2022 short course world champion and world record holder in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, and Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist.
Par Arvidsson
Pär (Pär Johan) Arvidsson, Swedish swimmer born 1960, 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist and former world record holder in the 100 m butterfly (54.15), later a Bay Area entrepreneur; distinct from shooter Per-Olof Arvidsson and hockey player Viktor Arvidsson.
Para rowing
Para rowing, formerly called adaptive rowing, is the discipline of rowing for athletes with impairments, classified PR1 to PR3 and raced at the Paralympics since 2008.
Paracanoe
Paracanoe, also written Para canoe, is a Paralympic flatwater paddling discipline in which athletes with physical impairments race kayaks and va'a outrigger canoes over 200 meters.
Park Tae Hwan
Park Tae Hwan (박태환), known as "Marine Boy," is a South Korean freestyle swimmer born in Seoul in 1989, the first Korean swimmer to win an Olympic medal.
Pat Turner
Pat Turner (Patrick Turner, born 1961, Toronto) is a Canadian rower who won gold in the men's coxed eight at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Canada's first men's eight Olympic title, and Commonwealth gold in 1986.
Patricia Caretto
Patricia "Patty" Caretto (born 1951), American distance freestyle swimmer; set 800 m and 1,500 m freestyle world records 1964-1966, placed fifth in the 1968 Olympic 800 m freestyle, ISHOF honoree 1987.
Patricia Guerra
Patricia Guerra (Patricia Guerra Cabrera, born 1965) is a Spanish sailor from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria who won 470-class gold at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with Theresa Zabell; a Mexican open-water swimmer shares the name.
Patty Kempner
Patty Kempner (Patricia Kempner), American swimmer born 1942 in Augusta, Georgia; 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay with a 4:41.1 world record, 200 m breaststroke finalist, and former 200 m medley world record holder.
Paul Bennett
Paul Bennett (born 1988, Leeds) is a British rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's eight at Rio 2016 and two-time world champion (2014, 2015), appointed MBE in 2017.
Paul Biedermann
Paul Biedermann, German swimmer (born 1986, Halle/Saale), 2009 world champion at 200 m and 400 m freestyle; his 1:42.00 200 m freestyle world record from Rome 2009 still stands.
Paul Costello
Paul Costello (Paul Vincent Costello, 1894-1986), Philadelphia rower, first Olympic rower to win three consecutive golds in one event: men's double sculls, 1920, 1924, 1928, with cousin Jack Kelly Sr. and Charles McIlvaine.
Paul Dujardin
Paul Léon Auguste Louis Joseph Dujardin (1894-1959), French water polo player, EN Tourcoing; won Olympic gold at Paris 1924, bronze at Amsterdam 1928, and 1927 Bologna European silver.
Paul Elvstrøm
Paul Elvstrøm (1928–2016), Danish sailor and four-time consecutive Olympic gold medalist (Firefly 1948, Finn 1952/56/60), competed in eight Games, won 13 world championships in seven classes, and founded Elvstrøm Sails.
Paul Enquist
Paul N. Enquist, born in Seattle in 1955, is an American rower who won the 1984 Olympic gold medal in the men's double sculls with Brad Lewis.