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Rules of water polo
Rules of water polo: World Aquatics (formerly FINA) Competition Regulations, Part Six, governing field (25.60x20 m), seven-a-side teams, shot clock, fouls, VAR, and 4x4 variant; NCAA and NFHS adapt them in the US.
Rumyana Dzhadzharova Neykova
Rumyana Dzhadzharova Neykova (Румяна Джаджарова-Нейкова), Bulgarian single sculls rower born 1973 in Sofia; 2008 Olympic champion, 2000 silver, 2004 bronze, 2002–2003 world champion, and holder of the 7:07.71 World Best Time set at Seville 2002.
Russ Nichols
Russ Nichols (Clayton W. "Russ" Nichols), born 1947 in Glen Cove, New York, American slalom canoeist; 14th in C-2 with John Evans at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 12th at the 1973 Worlds, 1971 Meran wildwater C1 team bronze.
Russell Coutts
Sir Russell Coutts (born 1962) is a New Zealand sailor, five-time America's Cup winner, 1984 Finn Olympic gold medalist, RC44 class co-creator, and co-founder and CEO of the SailGP foiling catamaran league with Larry Ellison.
Russell Duncan
Russell P. Duncan (1917-2009), American lawyer and Yale swimmer; captain of the 1940 Yale team and member of the world record 4x100 yd freestyle relay (3:30.7, Feb 3, 1940); Yale Law 1946, Navy WWII subchaser commander.
Russell Harmer
Russell Thomas Harmer (1896-1940), British sailor and Royal Signals officer, won 1936 Olympic gold in the 6-metre class as crew of Lalage at Kiel; not the shooter Russell Mark or gymnast Ernestine Russell.
Rusty Wailes
Rusty Wailes (Richard Donald Wailes, 1936–2002), American rower and one of the few US rowers with two Olympic golds: eights at Melbourne 1956 and coxless fours at Rome 1960, plus 1959 Pan Am gold.
Ryan Berube
Ryan Thomas Berube (born 1973, Tequesta, Florida) is an American swimmer, 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x200 m freestyle relay, a 26-time SMU All-American, and later a UBS wealth manager.
Ryan Held
Ryan Held, American swimmer from Springfield, Illinois, NC State alum, Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 m freestyle relay at Rio 2016 and Paris 2024, with 17 World Aquatics and Olympic medals.
Ryan Lochte
Ryan Lochte, American swimmer, 12 Olympic medals (6 gold) across 2004–2016; 200m IM world record 1:54.00 (2011) held 14 years; second to Phelps in World Championship medals; later Missouri State coach.
Ryan Mitchell
Ryan Mitchell names several athletes: Australian Olympic breaststroker Ryan Scott Mitchell (born 1977, Sydney 2000 relay silver, 1996 short-course medley relay world record), a Cardinals 2025 second-round outfielder, and a mountaineering YouTuber.
Ryan Murphy (swimmer)
Ryan Murphy (born 1995) is an American backstroke swimmer who has won nine Olympic medals, including five golds, across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Games.
Ryk Neethling
Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer born 1977 in Bloemfontein; Olympic gold 4x100m freestyle relay Athens 2004 (world record 3:13.17), 100m IM world records, four Olympics 1996-2008, later Val de Vie marketing director.
S. A. L. T Surfschule
S. A. L. T Surfschule is a windsurfing and SUP school at the Strandbad Gonnesweiler on the Bostalsee, Saarland, run by S.A.L.T. YACHT GmbH (founded 1989, surf school taken over 2010 from the Lefebvre family), VDS-recognized, with equipment rental and junior courses.
Sabina Schulze
Sabina Schulze (Sabina Kessler), born 1972 in Leipzig, East German swimmer; 1988 Seoul Olympic 4x100 m freestyle relay gold as a heats swimmer, 1986 world champion and world record holder.
Sabine Heß
Sabine Heß (born 1958, Dresden) is a German former rowing coxswain for East Germany. She coxed the GDR women's coxed four to 1976 Montreal Olympic gold (3:45.08), East Germany's first women's rowing gold, and won the 1977 World Championships in the coxed eight.
Sachiko Yamada
Sachiko Yamada (山田沙知子), born 1982 in Osaka, Japanese distance freestyle swimmer; 2000 and 2004 Olympian, 2004 world 800 m champion, and former short-course 800 m freestyle world record holder (8:13.35).
Sailing
Sailing is the competitive sport of racing boats powered only by wind, governed worldwide by World Sailing and contested at every modern Olympic Games since 1900.
Sailing at the 2026 Asian Games
Sailing at the 2026 Asian Games: 14 sailing events at Kaiyoh Yacht Harbour, Gamagori, Japan, 26 September to 3 October 2026, record 22 nations, ILCA medal races, first LA28 Olympic spots.
Sailing at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 2028 Summer Olympics (LA28), 16-28 July 2028, ten events across windsurfing, kite, dinghy, skiff, and multihull at Belmont Shore, Long Beach, and the Port of Los Angeles.
Saint Leu Surf Club Elio Canestri
Saint Leu Surf Club Elio Canestri (SLSC EC) is a surf club founded in 1995 in Saint-Leu, La Réunion, named for Elio Canestri, a young surfer killed by a shark in 2015; it runs the Elio Surf Challenge.
Salt Flow Surf School
Salt Flow Surf School (Salt Flow ≋ Escola de Surf & SUP), founded 2015 by Daniel, Pedro, and Jorge, is a Portuguese Surf Federation-recognized surf and SUP school at Praia de Ofir, Fão, Esposende, Braga District, offering 2-hour lessons, the Salt Soul surf week from 320 EUR, kids' camps, and adaptive surfing.
Salvador Gomez
Salvador Gómez (Salva Gómez, Chava), born 1968 in Santander, is a Spanish water polo player who played 530 caps, won Olympic gold 1996 and silver 1992, and two world titles.
Salvatore Gionta
Salvatore Gionta (1930–2025) was an Italian water polo player who won bronze at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics, earning 62 caps.
Sam Bosworth
Sam Bosworth (born 1994) is a New Zealand rowing coxswain, Olympic gold medallist in the men's eight at Tokyo 2020, and the first male cox to win an elite international women's race and a world medal with a female crew.
Samantha Riley
Samantha Riley (born 1972), Australian breaststroke swimmer; three Olympic medals (100 m breaststroke bronze 1992 and 1996, medley relay silver 1996), dual 1994 world champion, world record holder, first Australian Indigenous Olympic medalist.
Samir Barac
Samir Barač (born 1973, Rijeka) is a Croatian water polo player and administrator; captain of Croatia's 2012 Olympic gold team, four-time LEN Cup winner, later president of VK Primorje EB and HVS board member.
Sammy Lee
Sammy Lee (1920–2016) was an American platform diver and otolaryngologist, the first Asian-American man to win Olympic gold, in 10-meter platform diving at the 1948 and 1952 Games.
Sandor Hodosi
Sándor Hódosi (Hódosi Sándor), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1966 in Budapest; Olympic gold in K4 1000 m at Seoul 1988 with Ábrahám, Csipes, and Gyulay, and double 1989 Plovdiv world champion.
Sandor Ivady
Sándor Ivády (Ivády Sándor, 1903–1998), Hungarian water polo defender; Olympic silver 1928, gold 1932, European champion 1931 and 1934; later national coach, Recsk internee, Vienna emigre.