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Pierre Joly
Pierre Joly, also Pierre Dumesnil (born 10 December 1931), French breaststroke swimmer with Racing Club de France; 17th in the 1952 Olympic 200 m breaststroke and 1953 world and European 4x100 m medley relay record holder.
Piet Wernink
Piet Wernink (Petrus Adrianus Wernink, 1895–1971), Dutch sailor; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 6.5 metre class aboard Oranje with Joop and Berend Carp, counted as the Netherlands' first Olympic gold.
Pieter Timmers
Pieter Timmers (born 1988, Neerpelt, Belgium), Belgian freestyle sprint swimmer; Olympic silver 100 m freestyle Rio 2016 in 47.80 (national record), short course 4x50 relay world record 2013, retired 2020 at the ISL in Budapest.
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Pieter van den Hoogenband (Hoogie, The Dutch Dolphin), born 1978 in Maastricht, is a Dutch former swimmer, triple Olympic champion (100/200 free 2000, 100 free 2004), first man under 48 seconds for 100 m freestyle, later Dutch chef de mission.
Pili Pena
Pili Peña (María del Pilar Peña Carrasco), Spanish water polo captain born 1986 in Madrid; Olympic gold Paris 2024, silvers 2012 and 2020, world champion 2013; retired May 2026 with CN Terrassa.
Pip Gould
Phillipa (Pip) Gould, later Gower, born 1940, New Zealand backstroke swimmer; 1956 Olympian who set world long-course records in the 200m (1957) and 100m (1958) backstroke and won 1958 Commonwealth bronze.
Pirita Surfiklubi
Pirita Surfiklubi (Pirita Surf Club) is a Tallinn water-sports club at Jõesuu tee 7, Pirita beach, offering windsurfing, SUP, and wing foil rental, courses, training, and camps, with roots in Estonia's first 1973 homemade windsurf boards and the 1980 Olympic regatta era.
Piscina de Ondas
Piscina de ondas (wave pool): pool with machinery generating artificial waves for surfing and recreation, from Ludwig II's electrified lake and 1969 Big Surf to modern Wavegarden lagoons and Brazilian indoor surf clubs.
Plage de Gros Sable
Plage de Gros Sable (Anse Gros Sable, Le Helleux) is a 130-meter pebbly beach in Sainte-Anne, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, a protected Atlantic surf spot with two reef breaks and nearby surf schools.
Plage de la Chapelle
Plage de la Chapelle (Chapel Beach), Anse-Bertrand, Guadeloupe: a 150 m white-sand beach on north Grande-Terre, reef-protected, a major surf spot with October French Surf Championship, and an archaeological site with Guadeloupe's oldest tombs.
Plage de Rochebonne
Plage de Rochebonne, sandy beach in the Paramé quarter of Saint-Malo, Brittany, between Hoguette and Pont beaches; resort site since the 1860s, lifeguard-supervised, water quality insufficient 2024-2025. Distinct from Rochebonne beaches in Vendée and Charente-Maritime.
Plage Des Nations
Plage des Nations (Beach of Nations, شاطئ الأمم) is an Atlantic beach about 15 km north of Salé/Rabat, Morocco, near Sidi Bouknadel, known for surfing, Blue Flag status, and the Addoha/Prestigia Golf City resort and land dispute.
Playa Barranquito
Playa Barranquito, a small surfing beach on the Costa Verde in Barranco district, Lima, Peru; point break with left-hand waves, free entry, 8 m altitude, maintained by the Barranco municipality.
Playa Blanca Punta Hermosa
Playa Blanca is a beach in the district of Punta Hermosa, south of Lima, Peru, named for its fine white sand and known for calm swimming and bodyboarding.
Playa Grande
Playa Grande ("Big Beach") is a shared Spanish toponym for several beaches and resorts, chiefly the leatherback-nesting surf beach near Tamarindo, Costa Rica, and the 2 km surf beach at Río San Juan, Dominican Republic.
Playa la Herradura
Playa la Herradura, a horseshoe-shaped beach in Lima's Chorrillos district, Peru, has been a bathing resort since 1908 and a renowned surfing spot since the 1960s.
Playa Negra
Playa Negra ("Black Beach") names several American surf beaches: the dark-sand Playa Central of Punta Hermosa, Peru, discovered by surfers in 1981, and a hollow right-hand reef break on Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula.
Playa Redondo
Playa Redondo (Redondo Beach), Miraflores, Lima, Peru: urban Costa Verde beach about 1,000 m of grey sand, named after a California surf point, a surfing and bodyboarding venue hosting ISA, national circuit, and triathlon events.
Pokey Watson
Pokey Watson (Lillian Debra Watson Richardson, born 1950) is an American swimmer with Olympic golds in the 1964 4x100 freestyle relay and 1968 200 backstroke, plus 200 m freestyle and relay world records.
Polina Komar
Polina Dmitriyevna Komar (Полина Дмитриевна Комар), born 1999 in Moscow, is a Russian artistic swimmer, Tokyo 2020 Olympic team gold medalist for ROC, five-time world and three-time European champion, retired 2021.
Polly Powrie
Polly Powrie (Olivia Elizabeth Powrie, born 1987, Auckland) is a New Zealand 470 sailor who won Olympic gold at London 2012 and silver at Rio 2016 with Jo Aleh, plus the 2013 470 World Championship, later a high-performance sport administrator.
Poul Hartmann
Poul Richard Hartmann (1878–1969), Danish rower and bookbinder from Nykøbing Falster; won gold in coxed fours inriggers at Stockholm 1912, beating Sweden by 12 seconds; long-serving club board member.
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Poul Richard Høj Jensen, Danish sailor born 1944, double Olympic gold medalist in Soling (Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980) with Bandolowski and Hansen; 8 world and 9 European keelboat titles; Petticrows Dragon yard owner.
Powell Peralta
Powell Peralta, also written Powell-Peralta, is an American skateboard brand founded in 1978 by George Powell and Stacy Peralta, home of the Bones Brigade team, Bones Brigade videos, Flight decks, and Dragon Formula wheels.
Poyo Surf Club
Poyo Surf Club is a Guadeloupe surf school and loi 1901 association founded by Cyrill Villoing in July 2003, SIREN 488 080 284, with bases at Le Moule, Plage de Bananier (Capesterre-Belle-Eau), and Le Helleux, teaching surf, SUP, and bodyboard.
Praia da Baia
Praia da Baía (Baia Beach), Espinho, Portugal: urban beach enclosed by two stone breakwaters, the city's most frequented, a top northern Portugal surf wave hosting World Surfing League events.
Praia da Bordeira
Praia da Bordeira (Praia da Carrapateira) is the largest beach on Portugal's Costa Vicentina, near Carrapateira, Aljezur: about 3 km of sand, 30 m dunes, a river lagoon, powerful Atlantic surf, and cold 17-18 °C water.
Praia da Joaquina
Praia da Joaquina (Joaca) is a famous surfing beach on the east coast of Santa Catarina Island, Florianópolis, Brazil: a sand-bottom beach break hosting Brazilian surf championships since 1974, backed by protected dunes used for sandboarding.
Praia da Salema
Praia da Salema (Salema Beach) is a Blue Flag sea beach in Salema, Budens, Vila do Bispo, western Algarve, Portugal, combining bathing with a working fishing beach and Lower Cretaceous dinosaur footprint sites in its cliffs.
Praia de Areas Os Mortos
Praia de Areas, locally Os Mortos, is a 700-850 m white-sand Blue Flag beach in Sanxenxo, Pontevedra, Galicia, on the ria de Pontevedra, with lifeguards, chiringuitos, a dune trail to Punta Festiñanzo, and year-round beginner surfing.