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Penny Heyns
Penny Heyns (Penelope Heyns) is a retired South African breaststroke swimmer who, born in 1974, won gold in both the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Penny Oleksiak
Penny Oleksiak (Penelope Oleksiak) is a Canadian freestyle and butterfly swimmer who won seven Olympic medals, including 100 m freestyle gold as a 16-year-old at Rio 2016.
Per Olof Ostrand
Per-Olof Östrand ("Petter") was a Swedish freestyle swimmer (1930-1980) who won 400 m freestyle bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, two European relay titles, and held a 4x100 m medley relay world record in 1953.
Percy Courtman
Percy Courtman (1888-1917), English breaststroke swimmer, Old Trafford SC; 1912 Olympic 400m breaststroke bronze, ASA 200y champion five times, first under 3 minutes for 200m (2:56.6, 1914); killed in action in WWI.
Perica Bukic
Perica Bukić, Croatian water polo player and administrator, born 1966 in Šibenik; two Olympic golds with Yugoslavia (1984, 1988), 1996 silver as Croatia's captain, two world titles, Hall of Fame 2008, later Croatian federation president.
Pernille Blume
Pernille Blume, Danish sprint freestyle swimmer, born 1994 in Herlev; Olympic 50 m freestyle champion at Rio 2016 (24.07, Danish record), first Danish swimming gold since 1948; three Olympic medals; retired 2022.
Perry Mcgillivray
Perry Mcgillivray (Perry McGillivray, 1893-1944) was an American swimmer and water polo player of the Illinois Athletic Club, winning 1912 relay silver and 1920 relay gold in world-record time, and coaching the 1928 U.S. Olympic water polo team.
Pertti Karppinen
Pertti Karppinen (born 1953), Finnish rower, won Olympic single sculls gold at three consecutive Games (1976, 1980, 1984), matched only by Vyacheslav Ivanov; also World Champion 1979 and 1985, famed for his rivalry with Peter-Michael Kolbe.
Pesqueiro dos Viveiros
Pesqueiro dos Viveiros is a year-round beach break surf spot near Peniche on Portugal's central coast, forming A-frame waves inside the Peniche/Santa Cruz marine protected area.
Petar Muslim
Petar Muslim, Croatian water polo wing born 1988 in Split; 2012 Olympic gold medalist and 2010 European champion with Croatia, also called Petar Muslim (vaterpolist). Club career at POŠK, Mladost, Primorje, Brescia, Neptunes, Waspo 98 Hannover; retired 2023, now Mladost sports director.
Petar Segvic
Petar Šegvić (Петар Шегвић), 1930–1990, Croatian rower for Yugoslavia and HVK Gusar Split; won 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold in the men's coxless four, the first Olympic gold by Croatian athletes.
Pete Cipollone
Pete Cipollone (Peter M. Cipollone, born 1971, Marietta, Ohio) is an American rowing coxswain who coxed the US men's eight to 2004 Athens Olympic gold and won four World Championship titles, later founding Turazo and InstaViser.
Pete Desjardins
Pete Desjardins (Ulise Joseph Desjardins, 1907-1985), Canadian-born American Stanford diver; 1928 Olympic gold in springboard and platform after 1924 springboard silver, amid the Simaika scoring controversy; 13 AAU titles.
Peter Antonie
Peter Antonie (born 1958, Melbourne) is an Australian rower, 1992 Olympic double sculls gold medallist with Stephen Hawkins, 1986 world and Commonwealth lightweight single scull champion, and 2003 Thomas Keller Medallist.
Peter Berger
Peter Berger (born 1949, Konstanz) is a West German rower of RV Neptun Konstanz who won coxed fours gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics in 6:31.85 with the Bullenvierer crew, after placing 12th at Mexico City 1968.
Peter Bernek
Péter Bernek (Bernek Péter), born 1992 in Budapest, is a retired Hungarian swimmer, 2014 short-course world champion in the 400 m freestyle, two-time European champion, and three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020).
Peter Biros
Péter Biros (Fácán), Hungarian water polo player born 1976 in Miskolc; won Olympic gold 2000, 2004, 2008, world title 2003, 352 caps; later women's youth coach.
Peter Bischoff
Peter Bischoff, also known as Franz Peter Bischoff, was a German physician and racing sailor who won an Olympic gold medal in the Star class at the 1936 Berlin Games.
Peter Burling
Peter Burling, born 1991 in Tauranga, New Zealand, is a sailor: three Olympic 49er medals with Blair Tuke, three America's Cups with Emirates Team New Zealand, now helmsman of Luna Rossa for AC38 and co-CEO of SailGP's Black Foils.
Peter Donlon
Peter Dwight Donlon (1906-1979), American rower; stroked the Cal Berkeley eight to 1928 Amsterdam Olympic gold in 6:03.2, later assisted coach Ky Ebright's 1932 gold crew; medal donated to UC Berkeley in 2024.
Peter Evans
Peter Evans, full name Peter Maxwell Evans, is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer from Perth who won four Olympic medals across the 1980 Moscow and 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Peter Fick
Peter Fick (Peter Joseph Fick, 1913-1980), American sprint freestyle swimmer for Yale and NYAC; set three 100 m freestyle world records (56.8, 56.6, 56.4) breaking Weissmuller's mark, placed sixth at the disputed 1936 Berlin Olympic final, and anchored the first sub-four-minute 4x100 m relay.
Peter Hochschorner
Peter Hochschorner (born 1979, Bratislava), Slovak slalom canoeist; with twin brother Pavol won C2 slalom gold at Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, bronze London 2012; retired 2021.
Peter Jamvold
Peter Krefting Jamvold (1896–1962), Norwegian sailor with KNS Oslo; won gold in the 10 metres, Open (Olympic) class aboard Eleda at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; cousin of sailor Gunnar Jamvold.
Peter Kretschmer
Peter Kretschmer (Johann Peter Kretschmer, born 1992, Schwerin) is a German canoe sprint paddler, Olympic C2 1000 m gold medalist at London 2012 with Kurt Kuschela, and world champion in C2 2017, 2018, and 2023.
Peter Mander
Peter Garth Mander (1928-1998), New Zealand yachtsman and clothing-industry businessman; with Jack Cropp won the Sharpie class at Melbourne 1956, New Zealand's first Olympic yachting gold, and co-founded the NZ Yachting Federation.
Peter Marshall
Peter Marshall (born 1982) is an American former backstroke swimmer, Stanford graduate, and short-course specialist with 47 AQUA medals, eight world records including 100m back marks of 49.94 and 49.63, now a freediver and ocean conservationist in Cape Town.
Peter Neusel
Peter Neusel (1941–2021), West German rower, Olympic gold medalist in the men's coxed four at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for the Unified Team of Germany; son of boxer Walter Neusel; club BRC Berlin.
Peter Nocke
Peter Nocke (born 1955, Langenberg) is a retired West German freestyle swimmer, Wasserfreunde Wuppertal; two Olympic bronzes at Montreal 1976, 1975 world champion 4x200 m freestyle relay, nine European titles.
Peter Rocca
Peter Rocca (Peter Drake Rocca, born 1957, Oakland, California) is an American former backstroke swimmer: double 1976 Olympic silver medalist (100 and 200 m back, behind John Naber), 1975 and 1979 Pan Am gold medalist, 1979 NCAA 200-yard backstroke champion for Cal, and 1980 Olympic team captain lost to the boycott.