- Michael Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985 in Towson, Maryland) is an American swimmer and World Record Holder in several events. Phelps' achievements include a record of eight medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, six of which were gold, tying the Olympic record for medals at single Olympics, held by Alexander Dityatin since 1980. His international titles, along with his various world records, … - Jenny Thompson
Jennifer ("Jenny") Elisabeth Thompson (born February 26, 1973) is a former swimmer, and one of the most decorated Olympians in history, winning twelve medals, including eight golds, while representing the United States of America in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. Thompson, a Massachussetts native who calls Dover, NH her hometown, began swimming for the Seacoast Swimming Association under coach Amy and Mike Parratto. - Aaron Peirsol
Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983 in Irvine, California) is an American competitive swimmer. He is best known for winning both available gold medals for men in the backstroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. After winning gold in the 100 m backstroke, he followed up by winning the 200 m event, but an initial disqualification alleged that he had made an illegal turn during the race. Having been improperly entered, the disqualification was overturned, … - Natalie Coughlin
Natalie Anne Coughlin (b. August 23, 1982 in Vallejo, California) is a United States swimmer and a member of the Olympic swimming team for the United States. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals, two silver medals, and a bronze. - Ian Crocker
Ian Lowell Crocker (born August 31, 1982 in Portland, Maine) is an American swimmer who won gold medals in both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics as a member of national team in the 4x100 medley relay. Both teams set world records in the event. He trains six days a week, up to 12 km of swimming per day and is based at the University of Texas at Austin, where he trains alongside fellow world record holders Aaron Peirsol and Brendan Hansen under Eddie Reese. - Leisel Jones
Leisel Marie Jones OAM (born 30 August, 1985 in Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia) is an Australian swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics - at just 15 years old - and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of Gold medal winning Australian team in the Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004. She is noted for employing a classical breaststroke technique, typified by a slow, but deeper stroke cycle, … - Petria Thomas
A winner of 15 national titles, Petria Ann Thomas OAM (born August 25 1975) is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby. In 1994, at the age of 17, Thomas won a bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the World Championships. She followed this with two gold medals, in the 100 m butterfly and 4x100 m freestyle in the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. - Grant Hackett
Grant George Hackett is an Australian swimmer who won the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This has lead him to be regarded as one of the greatest ever distance swimmers in history. He also collected a gold medal in Sydney for swimming in the heats of the 4×200 m freestyle relay. He is well regarded for his versatility, being the world record holder in the 1500 m and 800 m freestyle, … - Ai Shibata
is a Japanese swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race and became the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event. Her brother is also a world class swimmer. - Ian Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe OAM (born 13 October 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales), also known as the "Thorpedo" or "Thorpey", is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and in 2001 he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship. In total, Thorpe has won eleven World Championship golds, the second-highest number of any swimmer. - Takashi Yamamoto
Takashi Yamamoto (born July 23, 1978) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also part of Japan's bronze medal-winning 4 x 100 m medley relay team. Yamamoto also competed in the 100 m butterfly event, and qualified for the semifinals, but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final. The 2004 Games were Yamamoto's third Olympic Games. - Klete Keller
Klete Keller (born March 21, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American freestyle swimmer who won medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400m Freestyle and the 4x200m Freestyle relay. In the 4x200m Freestyle relay, Keller held off a charging Ian Thorpe in the anchor leg to win the race by 0.13 seconds. This was the first time Australia had been beaten in the event in over seven years. The American relay of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, … - Michael Klim
Michael Klim OAM (born August 13, 1977 in Gdynia) is a Polish-born Australian swimmer. Klim was first selected to represent Australia in the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada in 1994, while still a student at Wesley College, Melbourne. In 1996, he arrived at the Atlanta Olympics ranked first in the world for the 200 m freestyle, but was surprisingly eliminated in the heats. He rebounded to qualify for a finals position in the 100 m butterfly, … - Gary Hall Jr.
Gary Wayne Hall Jr. (born September 26, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American swimmer who competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics and won ten Olympic medals (5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze). Hall is well known for his antics before a competition; frequently strutting onto the pool deck in boxing shorts and robe, shadow boxing and flexing for the audience. He is a graduate of swimming powerhouse Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix, Arizona. - Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Leigh Coventry (born September 16, 1983) is a Zimbabwean swimmer. Born in Harare, Zimbabwe, she attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama, in the United States. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, Greece, Coventry won three olympic medals, a gold, a silver, and a bronze. At Auburn, Coventry helped lead the Tigers to NCAA Championships in 2003 and 2004. - Kaitlin Sandeno
Kaitlin Shea Sandeno (born March 13, 1983 in Mission Viejo, California) is an American swimmer, and was part of the team that set the world record in the 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At a younger age, Kaitlin swam for the Nellie Gail Gators, coached by Vic and Renee Riggs. She swam as one of the top competitors in freestyle events, and helped the Gator team. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, … - Brendan Hansen
Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981 in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. He is 183 cm tall and weighs 86 kg. Despite setting the world record in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke at the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials, he did not manage to win a gold medal in either event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as he settled for silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. - Kosuke Kitajima
is a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. He has a height of 177 centimeters and a weight of 71 kilograms. He won gold medals for the Men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke in the 2004 Summer Olympics. There is a controversy about Kitajima's swimming style. On his breaststroke pull-out at every start and turn, some say that he moves his legs making a butterfly stroke-like movement, which was forbidden at the time of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. - Dana Kirk
Dana Kirk (born June 23, 1984 in Bremerton, Washington) is an Olympic swimmer in the United States. She qualified for the 2004 Olympics in the 200m fly, however finished with no medals. Kirk swam for Stanford University, and graduated in the spring of 2006. Dana Kirk's older sister, Tara, joined her on the 2004 USA Women's Olympic Swimming team, becoming the first set of sisters to swim on the same US Olympic Team. - Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou (born October 9, 1986 in Villeurbanne) is an Olympic, World and European French champion swimmer. - Britta Steffen
Britta Steffen (born November 16, 1983) is a German swimmer who specialises in freestyle, who is holder of the world record in women's 100 metre freestyle. She is a native of Schwedt, Germany. In 1999, Steffen won six titles at the European junior championships, and won a bronze medal as a member of Germany's 4x200m freestyle relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. By 2004, though, her individual times were not at world-leader standard. - Jodie Henry
Jodie Clare Henry OAM (born 17 November 1983), Australian swimmer, is a triple Olympic gold medallist and a four time gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games,former world champion in the 100 m freestyle and former women's world record holder for the 100 metre freestyle. With team mate Libby Lenton, a member of the world record breaking and gold medallist 4x100 m freestyle & the 4x100 m medley teams for Australia in the new mellenium. - Amanda Weir
Amanda Weir (b. March 11, 1986) is an American swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Weir swam the third leg in the US team for the Women's 4x100m freestyle relay. Leading after her leg of the relay, the US team finished second to the Australians, setting an American Record with their finishing time. Weir earned a Silver medal in the 4x100 Medley relay by helping her team qualify for the final. - Kirsty Balfour
Kirsty Balfour (born 21 February 1984, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish breaststroke swimmer. She won Gold in the 200 metres breaststroke at the European Long-Course Championships in 2006, and took Silver in same event at the World Championships in Melbourne in 2007. - Pieter van Den van den Hoogenband
Pieter Cornelis Martijn van den Hoogenband (born March 14, 1978 in Maastricht) is a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion. He is the current world record holder in 100 m freestyle swimming (47.84s). Raised in Geldrop, near Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, the son of Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband and Astrid Verver, a former Dutch 800m freestyle silver medalist at the European Championships, Pieter grew up in Geldrop, where he swam for PSV Eindhoven. - Alice Mills
Alice Mary Mills OAM (born May 23, 1986 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian sprint freestyle, butterfly and individual medley swimmer who represented Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics, winning two relay gold medals. Trained by her coach Shannon Rollason at the Chandler Sports Complex along with her good friend Jodie Henry, Mills was selected to make her international debut at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, at the age of 16, … - Tara Kirk
Tara Kirk (born July 12, 1982 in Bremerton, Washington) is an Olympic swimmer in the United States. She set the world short course meters record in the 100 meter breaststroke, winning the event at the 2004 Women's NCAA Championships swimming for Stanford University. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Tara won a silver medal swimming in the pre-lim heats of the 400 Medley Relay. Kirk still holds the American Record in the 100-yard and 200-yard Breaststrokes, set in 2006, … - Markus Rogan
Markus Antonius Rogan (born May 4,1982 in Vienna) is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Rogan's first big international success was a second place finish in the 200m Backstroke at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. In the Olympics in 2004, Rogan placed second in both Men's 100 m Backstroke and the Men's 200 m Backstroke, both times behind Aaron Peirsol of the United States. - Mike Mintenko
Michael ("Mike") Mintenko (born November 7, 1975 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Canada, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2000 (Sydney, Australia) and in 2004 (Athens, Greece). Since 2005 he has been married to Lindsay Benko, an US Olympic swimmer. A specialist in the 100m Butterfly, Mintenko has been one of Canada's top and most consistent international performers since 1999. - Inge de Bruijn
Inge de Bruijn (born August 24, 1973) is a former Dutch swimmer, and a four-time Olympic champion. - Yang Yu
Yang Yu (born February 6, 1985 in Hangzhou) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the People's Republic of China. Yu became part of the Chinese national swimming team in 1999. - Emiliano Brembilla
Emiliano Brembilla (born December 21, 1978 in Ponte San Pietro, near Bergamo) is a freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. A long-distance specialist, he made his first mark at the 1997 European Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain, where he won three titles. Brembilla competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. - Reiko Nakamura
is a Japanese swimmer. She participated in the 2004 Olympic Games, where she won the bronze medal in the 200m backstroke. - Petar Stoychev
Petar Stoychev (born 24 October 1976 in Momchilgrad) is a Bulgarian open water swimmer and is most famous for claiming 3rd place at 2005 FINA World Championships in Montréal, Canada during the 10k and 25k metre events, respectively. Stoychev has swam at many locations around the world and was the overall winner of the Open Water World Championships six times. In his native Bulgaria he featured in adverts for the national lottery with the phrase, "If you don't play, … - Neil Walker
Neil Walker (born June 25, 1976 in Verona, Wisconsin) is a swimmer from the United States, who won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He also twice won gold in the medley relay, after swimming in the preliminaries. He trains in Austin, Texas with Longhorn Aquatics under Eddie Reese - Todd Pearson
Todd Pearson (born November 11, 1977) is an Australian swimming champion, who was born in Geraldton, Western Australia. He started swimming on the advice of a doctor treating his asthma. Pearson was vice captain of Hale School in 1994 where he spent time in Faulkner House And St George House. He is no stranger to the Olympics. After swimming the heat of the 4 x 100 at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Pearson was a spectator for the final, … - Xu Yanwei
Xu Yanwei (born June 14, 1984 in Shanghai) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from the People's Republic of China, who became part of the Chinese national swimming team in 2000. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. She was part of China's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay team, which won the silver medal, beaten by the USA team. She was also part of China's 4 x 100 m women's freestyle relay team. China reached the final in this event but did not win a medal. - Ryk Neethling
Ryk Neethling (born November 17, 1977) is a South African swimmer and the winner of an Olympic gold medal. Born in Bloemfontein, he attended the prestigious Grey College, where he excelled in swimming, earning a place in the South African swimming team for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he came fifth in the 1500 m freestyle. Immediately following the Games he was enrolled at The University of Arizona in the United States of America, … - Amanda Beard
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981, Irvine, California) is an American Olympic swimmer and model. Beard made her first Olympic appearance at the 1996 games at the age of 14. She won silver medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststrokes, and a gold in the medley relay. Her young-teen manner captured the attention of the media, and she was often photographed clutching her teddy bear which joined her on the medal stand. - Therese Alshammar
Therese Alshammar (born August 26, 1977 in Solna) is a Swedish swimmer. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of fast races in freestyle and butterfly stroke. She first appeared on the international scene after the 1994 World Aquatics Championships where she made the semifinals in the 100m backstroke. In the 1996 Olympics, she also participated in this event but did not reach beyond the semifinals.
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