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Robert Zimonyi
Róbert Zimonyi (Zverzsina), Hungarian-American rowing coxswain (1918–2004): 1948 Olympic bronze for Hungary in coxed pairs, defected after 1956, won 1964 Tokyo gold coxing the US men's eight at age 46.
Robertas Shulpa
Robertas Shulpa (Robertas Žulpa, 1960–2024), Lithuanian breaststroke swimmer for the Soviet Union; 1980 Moscow Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m breaststroke (2:15.85), three-time European champion, 1982 world silver medalist.
Roberto Molina
Roberto Molina (Roberto Molina Carrasco), Spanish sailor born 1960 in Arrecife, Lanzarote; won 470 class gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with Luis Doreste, his only Games, later awarded the Medalla de Oro de Canarias.
Robin Backhaus
Robin James Backhaus (born 1955), American swimmer, 1972 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m butterfly and 1973 world champion in the 200 fly and 4x200 free relay; distinct from the German swimmer Robin Backhaus (born 1989).
Robin Leamy
Robin Leamy (Robin John Leamy), born 1961 in Apia, Samoa, is an American former swimmer, 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1981 50 m freestyle world record holder (22.54), UCLA NCAA champion, and later a corporate real estate executive.
Rod Davis
Rod Davis (Roderick Hopkins Davis, born 1955) is an American-born sailor who won 1984 Olympic Soling gold for the USA and 1992 Star silver for New Zealand, and took part in 11 America's Cup campaigns for four national teams.
Rod Strachan
Rod Strachan (Rodney Strachan), American swimmer born 1955 in Santa Monica; 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in the 400 m individual medley with world record 4:23.68, 1973 world silver medalist, later an internal medicine physician.
Rod's Surfshop
Rod's Surfshop (Rod's Surf Shop, Rod's Surfboard) is a surf shop, custom shaper workshop, and Les Loubines surf school at 10 Av. de la Plage, Carcans-Plage, Gironde, France, run by shaper Rodolphe Scheel; distinct from Rodhes Surfshop Royan and Rod's NRS Columbus.
Rodica Arba Puscatu
Rodica Arba-Pușcatu (née Pușcatu), born 1962, Romanian rower; two Olympic golds in the women's coxless pair (1984 with Elena Horvat, 1988 with Olga Homeghi-Bularda), plus 1980 eights bronze and 1988 eights silver.
Rodica Florea Serban
Rodica Florea Serban (Rodica Maria Florea-Șerban), Romanian rower born 1983, Olympic gold in the women's eight at Athens 2004 and bronze at Beijing 2008, with world silver medals in 2005 and 2007.
Rodney Pattisson
Rodney Pattisson (born 1943), British sailor, double Olympic Flying Dutchman gold medalist (1968, 1972) and 1976 silver medalist; Britain's most successful Olympic yachtsman until Ben Ainslie in 2008.
Roelof Klein
Roelof Klein (1877-1960), Dutch rower from Delft club Laga; with François Brandt won the 1900 Paris Olympic coxed pair, first Dutch Olympic gold, using an unknown French boy coxswain; also bronze in the eight.
Roger Jackson
Roger Jackson (born 1942, Toronto) is a Canadian Olympic rower, gold medalist in the coxless pair with George Hungerford at Tokyo 1964 as one of the 'Golden Rejects', later Sport Canada director, Canadian Olympic Committee president 1982-1990, and Own the Podium CEO; also the name of a former Denver Broncos defensive back and NFL scout from Macon, Georgia.
Roger Pyttel
Roger Pyttel (born 1957, Wolfen) is a German former swimmer who competed for East Germany at three Olympics, won 1980 silver in the 100 m butterfly and bronze in the 200 m, and in 1976 became the first man under two minutes in the 200 m butterfly.
Roland Bose
Roland Bose (born 1947) is a German rower who won Olympic gold in the men's eight at the 1968 Mexico City Games despite missing the final through illness.
Roland Kostulski
Roland Kostulski (born 1953, Borna) is a German rower who won gold in the coxed eight for East Germany at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and the 1975 World Championships; later a Leipzig sports administrator.
Roland Matthes
Roland Matthes (1950–2019), East German backstroke swimmer, won the 100 and 200 m backstroke at both the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, took 8 Olympic medals, and was unbeaten 1967–1974.
Roland Schoeman
Roland Shoeman (Roland Mark Schoeman, born 1980), South African sprint swimmer; 2004 Olympic relay gold, 100m free silver, 50m free bronze; 50m butterfly world record 22.96 (Montreal 2005); first man under 21 seconds in short-course 50m freestyle.
Roland Schroder
Roland Schröder (born 1962, Köthen) is an East German rower, 1988 Seoul Olympic champion in the men's coxless fours with Greiner, Brudel, and Förster; later World silver (1989) and bronze (1990) in the eights.
Rolandas Mascinskas
Rolandas Maščinskas (born 1992, Prienai, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian rower, first Youth Olympic champion in boys' single sculls (2010), 2017 world champion in the men's quadruple sculls, and 2012 Olympian in the double sculls.
Rolf Beab
Rolf Beab (born 1964, Helmstedt) is a German breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, FRG. 1985 European silver 100 m breaststroke and medley relay gold, 1986 Worlds fourth, European 50 m breaststroke record holder.
Rolf Dieter Amend
Rolf Dieter Amend (1949–2022), East German slalom canoeist, won the first Olympic C-2 gold with Walter Hofmann at Munich 1972; later German national kayak coach 1991–2008 with nine Olympic golds.
Rolf Peterson
Rolf Peterson (Rolf Ingvar Peterson), Swedish sprint canoeist born 1944 in Halmstad; Olympic K1 1000 m gold at Tokyo 1964, silver at Munich 1972, world K2 500 m champion 1970 and 1971 with Lars Andersson. Not the Canadian skier Rolf Pettersen.
Rolf Steffenburg
Rolf Steffenburg (1886–1982), Swedish sailor and banker from Gävle; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 30 m² skerry cruiser class aboard Kullan with Lundquist and Bengtsson, the class's only starter.
Roman Hagara
Roman Hagara, Austrian sailor born 1966 in Vienna, won Olympic Tornado multihull gold at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 with Hans-Peter Steinacher, competed at four Games, and later led foiling teams and the Austrian federation's technology program.
Roman Sludnov
Roman Andreyevich Sludnov, born 1980 in Omsk, is a Russian breaststroke swimmer who set the first sub-minute long-course 100-meter breaststroke record, 59.97 seconds, and won Olympic bronze at Sydney 2000.
Romano Sgheiz
Romano Sgheiz (born 28 June 1937, Colico) is an Italian rower of Canottieri Moto Guzzi who won coxed-four gold at Melbourne 1956, bronze at Rome 1960, and competed through 1968.
Romy Saalfeld
Romy Saalfeld (Topf), born 1960 in Weissenfels, East German rower, SC DHfK Leipzig; Olympic gold in the women's coxed four at Moscow 1980 (3:19.27) and world silver in 1981.
Ronald Florijn
Ronald Florijn, Dutch rower born 1961 in Leiden; two-time Olympic champion (double sculls with Nico Rienks, Seoul 1988; Holland Acht, Atlanta 1996), later KNRB national coach, father of Karolien and Finn Florijn.
Ronald Lopatny
Ronald Lopatny (Роналд Лопатни), Croatian water polo player (1944–2022) who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia at Mexico City 1968 and starred for Zagreb's Mladost, winning European Cups and Yugoslav titles.