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Paul Foerster
Paul Foerster (Paul Jeffrey Foerster), American Olympic sailor born 1963 in Rangely, Colorado; won 470 gold at Athens 2004 with Kevin Burnham and silvers in Flying Dutchman 1992 and 470 2000 across four Games.
Paul Goodison
Paul Goodison (born 1977), British Laser sailor, 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medalist, 2009 Laser World Champion, five-time European champion, and three-time Moth World Champion (2016-2018), later SailGP helm.
Paul Gunther
Paul Gunther (Johann Wilhelm Paul Günther, 1882-1959), German diver, 1912 Stockholm Olympic springboard gold medalist ahead of Luber, Behrens, and Zürner; distinct from the 2007-born German decathlete of the same name.
Paul Hait
Paul Hait (Paul William Hait, born 25 May 1940, Pasadena) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay with world records in heats and final, later a klystron-tube engineer with 70-plus patents.
Paul Isberg
Paul Otto Isberg (1882-1955), Swedish navy captain and sailor, won Olympic gold at Stockholm 1912 as crew of the yacht Kitty in the 10-metre class, Sweden's first sailing gold.
Paul Lange
Paul Lange (1931–2016) was a West German sprint canoeist from Oberhausen who won Olympic gold in the K-1 4 × 500 m kayak relay at the 1960 Rome Games.
Paul Neumann
Paul Neumann (1875–1932), Austrian swimmer and physician, first Austrian Olympic champion, won the 1896 Athens 500 m freestyle gold in 8:12.6; also US distance records, and namesakes in NBA basketball and German politics.
Paul O'Donovan
Paul O'Donovan (born 1994) is an Irish rower from Skibbereen, County Cork, the only Irish athlete to medal at three Olympics, with two lightweight double sculls golds.
Paul Perquer
Paul Perquer (Paul Eugène Célestin Perquer, 1859-1914), French sailor; won 1900 Paris Olympic gold in the 10-20 Tons class aboard Estérel with Émile Billard, winning two of three aggregate races.
Paul Radmilovic
Paul (Paolo Francesco) Radmilovic, 1886-1968, Welsh swimmer and water polo player; won four Olympic golds (water polo 1908, 1912, 1920; 4x200m relay 1908) across six Games, 1906-1928.
Paul Rudolf
Paul Rudolf (1892–1956), Swiss rower of Grasshopper Club Zürich, not the Zeiss lens designer Paul Rudolph or the Stanford water polo player. Won Olympic gold in the men's coxed four at Antwerp 1920 in 6:54.0 and four European rowing titles, 1920–1921, rowing with his brother Max.
Paul Samson
Paul Curkeet Samson (Buck), 1905-1982, American swimmer and water polo player at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics; 1927 NCAA freestyle champion, later a thoracic surgeon in World War II.
Paul Smart
Paul Hurlburt Smart (1892-1979), American Star-class yachtsman; won 1948 London Olympic gold crewing for his son Hilary Smart, five world championships, Herreshoff Trophy 1969, and led US Olympic yachting administration.
Paul Sollner
Paul Söllner (5 June 1911, Davos – 8 April 1994, Murnau am Staffelsee), German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed fours at Berlin 1936 with MRV Amicitia; later Bundeswehr Sports School commander and Munich 1972 organizing committee member.
Paul Staub
Paul Staub, Swiss rowing coxswain of Grasshopper Club Zürich; coxed four gold medalist at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics (final 29 August 1920, 6:54.0) and European champion; also raced the eights; later life unknown.
Paul Steele
Paul Steele (born 1957, New Westminster, BC) is a Canadian rower, Olympic gold medallist in the men's coxed eight at Los Angeles 1984 and sixth at Seoul 1988; distinct from squash player Paul Steel.
Paul Wallace
Paul Rodger Wallace, American swimmer (Gulliver Prep, University of Florida). Won 4x100 m freestyle relay gold and set the 3:17.08 world record at the 1985 Pan Pacifics, gold at the 1986 Worlds, silver in the 200 IM at the 1987 Pan Am Games, and three SEC 200-yard freestyle titles.
Paul Wevers
Paul Wevers (1907-1941), German flatwater canoeist of Verein für Kajaksport Köln; won K-2 10,000 m gold with Ludwig Landen at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in 41:45.0; died in a 1941 plane crash near Braunschweig.
Paul Wiesner
Paul Wiesner (Paul Georg Leonhard Wiesner, 1855-1930) was a German sailor and Berlin commercial-school director who won gold and silver in the ton classes at the 1900 Paris Olympics aboard his yacht Aschenbrödel.
Paul Wolf
Paul Wolf (Paul Gilbert Wolf, 1915-1972), American freestyle swimmer; won silver in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at Berlin 1936 and set a 1938 world record in the 4x100 m relay; USC swim captain, not the German 1928 art competitor or racer Paul Wolff.
Paula Camus
Paula Camus (Paula Camús Amorós) is a Spanish water polo player, born in Madrid in 2002, who won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics and played for CN Sabadell.
Paula Crespi
Paula Crespí Barriga (born 1998, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) is a Spanish water polo player, Olympic gold medalist at Paris 2024, with 9 AQUA and Olympic medals including three world silvers.
Pauline Ducruet
Pauline Ducruet (Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet, born 1994) is a Monegasque fashion designer and former competitive diver, daughter of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, who dived for Monaco at the 2010 Youth Olympics and founded the label Alter.
Pavel Kharin
Pavel Kharin (Павел Петрович Харин), Soviet sprint canoeist, 1956 Olympic gold C-2 10,000 m and silver C-2 1,000 m with Gratsian Botev; also 1952 Olympian and WWII Siege of Leningrad navy veteran; distinct from the 1999-born ice hockey player of the same name.
Pavel Schmidt
Pavel Schmidt (Pavel Leo Edmund Schmidt, 1930–2001), Slovak rower for Czechoslovakia; Olympic gold in double sculls with Václav Kozák at Rome 1960 (6:47.50); later coach, psychologist, and psychiatrist in Switzerland.
Pavol Hochschorner
Pavol Hochschorner (born 1979, Bratislava), Slovak slalom canoeist; with twin brother Peter won C2 gold at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and bronze at London 2012.
Peder Rasch
Peder Rasch (Bent Peder Benjamin Rasch, 1934–1988), Danish sprint canoeist; with Finn Haunstoft won C-2 1,000 m gold at Helsinki 1952 in 4:38.3, youngest Olympic canoeing gold medalist at 18.
Pedro Garcia
Pedro Garcia (Pedro Francisco Garcia Aguado, Toto), Spanish water polo player born 1968 in Madrid; Olympic gold 1996, silver 1992, four Games 1988-2000, world champion 1998, later TV presenter of Hermano Mayor.
Peggy Hartung
Peggy Hartung, born 1969, German sprint breaststroke swimmer; 1991 European short course 50 m breaststroke champion, 1992 world record holder at 31.22, and 1991 Swimming World Cup breaststroke winner.
Penny Clark
Penny Clark (Penny Joanna Clark, Mountford-) is a British Olympic sailor, born 1975, who finished 10th in the women's Laser Radial one-person dinghy for Great Britain at Beijing 2008 and won bronze at the 2006 Qingdao test event while a Royal Navy engineer officer.