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.

Inge de Bruijn (born August 24, 1973) is a former Dutch swimmer, and a four-time Olympic champion.

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.

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.

Whitney Myers is an American swimmer. She swims for Tucson Ford Dealer Aquatics, in Tucson, Az. She also swam for the University of Arizona. She won a gold metal at the 2006 Pan-Pacific championships in Victoria, Canada, in the 200 meter individual medley, just out-touching team-mate Katie Hoff. She is featured on the cover of the March 2007 issue of Swimming World Magazine. She swam for Ursuline Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio for her high school career

Yana Oleksandrivna Klochkova (born August 7, 1982 in Simferopol) is a Ukrainian swimmer, who has won five Olympic medals in her career, with four of them being gold. Her gold medals came in the 200 meter individual medley and the 400 meter individual medley at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics; her silver medal came in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She has also won ten titles at swimming's world championships, nineteen european championship titles, …

Mary Terstegge Meagher Plant (born October 27, 1964 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former competitive swimmer from the United States. Meagher, originally from Kentucky, began competing at an early age, setting her first world record in the butterfly at the age of 14 in 1979 at the Pan American Games. Meagher was expected to compete for medals at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia. However, Meagher, along with the rest of the United States Olympic team, …

Franziska van Almsick (born April 5, 1978 in East Berlin, Germany) is a German swimmer. She won her first Olympic Medals in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games aged fourteen. Over her career, Van Almsick earned ten career Olympic medals, none of them gold. She ended her career at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. In 1993, she was named by "Swimming World magazine" as the Female World Swimmer of the Year. Her son Don Hugo was born on January 7 2007.

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.

Michael ("Mike") Ray Barrowman (born December 4, 1968 in Costa Mesa, California) was an Olympic swimmer for the United States and one of the pioneers of the "Wave-Style" Breaststroke technique. He placed 4th in the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 200m Breaststroke. In 1992 he returned to the Olympics and won the gold medal in the same event. He later temporarily retired from swimming and took up competitive rowing. He is now a coach in the Cayman Islands.

Vladimir Valer'evich Salnikov (born May 21, 1960) is a Russian former swimmer who competed for the USSR and set 12 world records in the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1,500-meter freestyle. Nicknamed a "monster in the waves", he was the first man to swim under fifteen minutes in the 1500-meter freestyle. He was named the Male World Swimmer of the Year in 1982 by "Swimming World magazine".

Yevgeny Sadovyi (born 19 January, 1973) is a Russian former swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen by "Swimming World magazine" as the Male World Swimmer of the Year.

Hannah Stockbauer is a German female athlete. She is active in swimming, and a three time world champion. In 2003 World Championships she won a gold medal at the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events. She was named by FINA as the female swimmer of the meet, and by Swimming World magazine as its Female World Swimmer of the Year. At the Summer Olympic Games of 2004 she won a bronze medal in the 4x200m free relay competition. In October 2005 she endet her sports carrier.

Park, Tae-Hwan (born September 27, 1989) is a South Korean swimmer. He is currently training in Melbourne, Australia, where he is known as Tae Hwan Park. He competed at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, where he won three gold, one silver and three bronze medals, and set two new Asian Records. At the end of the Games, he won the most number of medals by a single athlete, with seven medals.

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.

Samantha Linette Riley (born November 13, 1972) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of Aboriginal descent of the 1990s who competed for Australia in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, winning three medals. Having been advised as a child to begin swimming to combat asthma, the Brisbane schoolgirl broke into the Australian team for the 1991 World Championships in Perth, winning a silver medal in the medley relay.

Kristin Otto (born February 7, 1966 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German former professional swimmer. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games. Kristin Otto began swimming at 10 years old, she was trained in an East German sports academy. At 16 years of age she participated in her first world championships in Ecuador 1982, she won the gold medal in the 100 meter backstroke, …

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, …

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, …

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, …

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.

Tamás Darnyi is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He is considered by many to be the greatest all-round swimmer in history. He won four gold medals at two Olympic Games (1988 and 1992) in the individual medley. He was named Male World Swimmer of the Year in 1987 and 1991 by" Swimming World magazine". <br> <br

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, …

Robert John Herman Kiphuth (1890-1967) is best known for his 42-year career as head coach of the Yale University men's swim team, from 1917-1959. During his tenure with Yale Swimming, he amassed a record of 528 wins to only 12 losses, along with 4 NCAA titles (1942, 1944, 1951, 1953), earning him a reputation for being the winningest coach in history. Kiphuth also served as the head coach for multiple U.S. Olympic swimming teams (both men and women, depending on the year).

Sándor Wladár is a Hungarian retired male swimmer. He won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in 200 m backstroke. He was a swimmer of KSI (1972-1980), Újpesti Dózsa (1981-1985). From 1985 to 1987 he was a water polo player for Újpesti Dózsa. He was named the Male European Swimmer of the Year in 1981 by "Swimming World magazine".

SWIM CENTRE VERHOEF Summer Camp Swim Director

Ron Gercke aquatic center director Ron is a staple at the Arizona Country Club. Ron is a staple at the Arizona Country Club. He has been with the club for over 25 years and is the founder of the club's incredibly successful Summer Kids Camp. He has been with the club for over 25 years and is the founder of the club's incredibly successful Summer Kids Camp.