- Ross Swimmer
Ross O. Swimmer is the "Special Trustee for American Indians" at the U.S. Department of the Interior. With his roots in Oklahoma, Swimmer attended Oklahoma University, where he received both his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees. While there, he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity. - Saul Swimmer
Saul Swimmer (born April 25, 1936, Uniontown, Pennsylvania; died March 3 per the Associated Press or March 7 per "The Miami Herald" and "Variety", 2007, Miami, Florida) was an American documentary film director and producer best known for the movie "The Concert for Bangladesh" (1972), the George Harrison-led Madison Square Garden show that was one of the first all-star benefits in rock music. - Darren Swimmer
Darren Swimmer is an American screenwriter and producer, most famous for working on the American television program Smallville. As of October 6, 2006 he has written or co-written 18 episode of Smallville. - 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, … - Dara Torres
Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967, in Los Angeles, California) is an American swimmer. She was the first swimmer from her country to compete in four Olympics: 1984, 1988, 1992, and 2000. She has won nine Olympic medals, including four golds, and won five medals alone in at Sydney in 2000, the Games in which she was the eldest member on the team with her 33 years. She is currently training for the 2008 Summer Olympics and would become the oldest female Olympic swimmer, … - Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950, in Modesto, California) is an American swimmer. He holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven), which he set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Between 1965 and 1972, Spitz won 9 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze; 5 Pan American golds; 31 National U.S. Amateur Athletic Union titles; and 8 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Katie Hoff
Kathryn "Katie" Hoff (born June 3, 1989) is an American swimmer. She trained with Michael Phelps in Baltimore, at North Baltimore Aquatic Club, and is currently trained by Paul Yetter. She holds the American record in the 200 meter individual medley at 2:10.05. She is a strong contender for the 2008 Olympic Games in multiple events. She is best at the 200 and 400 individual medley, though Katie is a very capable swimmer in many events, … - 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, … - 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. - 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, … - 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. - 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. - Janet Evans
Janet Elizabeth Evans (born August 28, 1971) is a record-breaking American competitive swimmer. Born in Placentia, California, Evans started competitive swimming as a child. By the age of 11 she was setting National Age Group records in the longer events. She is remembered as a legend at the high school she attended, El Dorado High School. In 1987, she broke the world records in the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle events. - 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, … - Laure Manaudou
Laure Manaudou (born October 9, 1986 in Villeurbanne) is an Olympic, World and European French champion swimmer. - Cullen Jones
Cullen Jones (born 29 February 1984, The Bronx, New York, United States) is an American freestyle sprint swimmer. He swims for the NC State Aquatics Team (NCST-NC) where he is coached by Brooks Teal JR. He burst onto the international swimming scene at the 2006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, BC. He is a student athlete at North Carolina State University and is majoring in English with a minor in Psychology. - 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. - Jason Lezak
Jason Edward Lezak is an American swimmer. He is a member of the Irvine Novaquatics. He went to Irvine High School in 1994, then to University of California, Santa Barbara in 1999. He is 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) and weighs 93 kg (205 pounds). Lezak is specialist of 50 and 100 m freestyle races. Lezak's first long-course international swimming gold medal was in 2003, when he won the 4×100 m medlay relay, setting new world record. - Kate Ziegler
Kate Ziegler is a world record distance swimmer from the United States, who won two golden medals at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal and the same two events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne. She holds the world record in the 1500 m freestyle. She is coached by Ray Benecki, and for the team "FISH". Due to her performance at the World Championships, in which she came first in the 800 and 1500 m freestyle, … - 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. - Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller (June 2 1904 - January 20 1984) was an American swimmer and actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Other actors also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller was the best-known. - 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, … - 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, … - Lenny Krayzelburg
Lenny Krayzelburg is an American backstroke swimmer. - Dawn Fraser
Dawn Lorraine Fraser AO, MBE, (born September 4 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. She was born in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney, into a working class family. She was spotted at an early age of 12 by Sydney coach Harry Gallagher swimming at the local sea baths. Known for her politically incorrect behaviour or larrikin character as much as her athletic ability, Fraser won eight Olympic medals, including five golds, and six Commonwealth Games gold medals. - Mark Foster
Mark Foster (born May 12, 1970 in Billericay, Essex, England) is a former British swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres. He is a specialist short course (25 metre pool) swimmer. In terms of medals and longevity (1986-2006), Foster is amongst the most successful British swimmers of all-time. Mark Foster was educated at Alleyn Court prep school in Westcliff on Sea, Millfield School, and Southend High School for boys where he excelled in athletics, … - Natalie du Toit
Natalie du Toit (born 29 January, 1984) is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games, being one of the most successful disabled athletes of all time, often competing alongside with able bodied athletes. - Larsen Jensen
Larsen Jensen (born September 1, 1985 in Bakersfield, California) is an American swimmer, who currently attends the University of Southern California. In the 2003 World Championship, Larsen received a silver medal in the 800 metres freestyle, his first medal at the international level. He won the 500yd and 1650yd freestyle at the 2006 Men's NCAA Championships. - Mike Brown
Mike Brown (born May 5, 1984 in Perth, Ontario) is a Canadian swimmer. He started swimming at age seven and is a student at the University of Calgary. His best finish at a world championships was at the 2005 championships in Montreal, Canada when he finished 2nd in the 200 m breaststroke. Latest medal was a gold at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia touching out opponent by 0.01 s. - Martin Strel
Martin Strel (born October 1 1954 is a Slovenian ultra marathon swimmer, best known for swimming the entire length of various rivers, including the Mississippi and the Amazon. He was born in Mokronog, Slovenia. Strel holds successive Guinness World Records for swimming the Danube, the Mississippi, and the Yangtze. During his swims, he sleeps for 5 hours each day. He prepares himself for a marathon swim over a year and a half. - Lynne Cox
Lynne Cox is an American long-distance open-water swimmer and writer. In 1971 she and her teammates were the first group of teenagers to complete the crossing of the Catalina Island Channel in California. She has twice held the record for the fastest crossing (men or women) of the English Channel (1972 and 1973). In 1975, Cox became the first woman to swim the 10°C (50°F), 16 km (10 mi) Cook Strait in New Zealand. - Brooke Hanson
Brooke Louise Hanson OAM (born March 18 1978 in Manly, New South Wales) is an Australian swimmer. A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke. However, she would not qualify for another major international competition for eight years, until she qualified for the 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. - David Davies
David Davies (born March 3 1985 in Barry, Wales, United Kingdom) is a British long-distance swimmer. Davies competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England.Still a teenager, he took part in the European Junior Championships where he won gold in 2003. Specialising in the 1,500 metres freestyle, he competed in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where he took the bronze medal in a time of 14:45.95 (a British and European record), … - Esther Williams
Esther Jane Williams (born August 8, 1921 or 1922) is a retired United States competitive swimmer and movie star, famous for her musical films that featured elaborate performances with swimming and diving. - Craig Stevens
Craig Stevens (born 23 July 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian freestyle swimmer specialising in the 400 m. 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events. Stevens was the bronze medallist in the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, but he narrowly missed out on a medal in the 400 m freestyle, finishing 4th. In 2004, Stevens made his Olympic Games debut at Athens. - Brent Hayden
Brent Hayden (born October 21, 1983 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia) is a Canadian swimmer. He was raised in Mission, B.C. He started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year. He is currently the Canadian record holder in the 200m, 100m and 50m Freestyle. - Megan Jendrick
Megan Jendrick is an American swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Jendrick has set 26 American records and one World record in her swimming career up to date. She is a ten-time National champion and ten-time US Open champion. Jendrick was the star of the 2005 World University Games in İzmir, Turkey, winning three gold medals and setting two Universiade records.
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