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, …

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.

Ute Geweniger (born February 24 1964 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany) was a breaststroke and medley swimmer of the 1980s who was a leading member of the East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 100 m breaststroke and 4x100 m medley relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and set seven individual and two relay world records.

Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming. Lurz lives in Gerbrunn and swims for the SV Würzburg 05 sports club. He competed for Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 1500 m freestyle, where he missed the final. He was the World Champion in the 10 km open-water swimming event in 2004.

Richard "Rick" John Carey (born March 13, 1963 in Mount Kisco, New York) was an American backstroke swimmer of the 1980s who won three gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He broke nine world records, five individually, and also was a double world champion. He was named as the World Swimmer of the Year in 1983 by "Swimming World magazine". Carey was selected to make his international debut at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, …

Denis Pankratov (born July 4, 1974) is a retired Russian butterfly swimmer of the 1990s, who was best known for winning the butterfly double at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in a unique style. His 100m butterfly triumph is particularly remembered for his swimming 45m of the first lap underwater and then 35m in the opposite direction, also underwater.

Petra Schneider (born January 11 1963 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) was a medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany in the 1970s and 1980s, and was a leading member of the East German swimming team. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 400m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and set five world records in swimming. She was named by Swimming World magazine as World Swimmer of the Year in 1980 and 1982, …

Benoit Huot (born January 24 1984) is a Canadian Paralympic swimmer of the 21st century, who has won six gold medals for Canada, primarily in the freestyle and butterfly strokes. Hailing from Longueuil, Quebec, Huot was born with club feet, started swimming competitively at age 10 at the CAMO Natation club, where he is trained by Benoit Lebrun. In the beginning he competed alongside able-bodied swimmers and competed at two Quebec Games, earning silver in 1997.

Kristine Quance (born April 1, 1975 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) was an American breaststroke and medley swimmer of the 1990s, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay. Her career peaked in 1997 when she was named as American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine. Training at the Trojan club of the University of Southern California, …

Allison Wagner (born July 21, 1977) was a former American medley swimmer, who won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the 400m individual medley. She was also named as the American Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine in 1994. Wagner won gold and silver respectively in the 200m and 400m individual medley at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Spain. Her time in the 200m medley is still standing as the world record in that event.

Chip Peterson is an American swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming, in which he is a world champion. At the 2005 World Swimming Championships, he won gold in the 10 km event and a silver medal position behind Germany's Thomas Lurz in the five km event. He was jointly awarded the inaugural Open Water Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine with Lurz.

Károly Güttler is a former breaststroker from Hungary, who represented his native country at four consecutive Olympics, beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and ending with the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He won the silver medal in the 100m and 200m breaststroke, once each, both at separate Games.

Silke Hörner was an breaststroke swimmer of the 1980s, who was a leading member of the East German swimming team. She won two Olympic gold medals, in the 200m Breaststroke and 4x100m medley relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and set four individual world records. She was named by Swimming World magazine as European Swimmer of the Year in 1985 and 1987, …

Anke Möhring is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 400m Freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. She was named "Swimming World's European Swimmers of the Year" in 1989.