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Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the ...
Date of birth: 30 June 1985
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)
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Ryan Steven Lochte ( LOK-tee; born August 3, 1984) is an American competitive swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist. Along with Natalie Coughlin, Dara Torres, and Jenny Thompson, he is the second-most ...
Date of birth: 3 August 1984
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American competition swimmer, water polo player and actor. He was known for playing Edgar Rice Burroughs' ape man Tarzan ...
Date of birth: 2 June 1904
Date of death: 20 January 1984
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)
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Conor James Dwyer (born January 10, 1989) is a former American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. He competed in freestyle and medley events, and won a gold medal as a member of the winning ...
Date of birth: 10 January 1989
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 5" (196 cm)
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Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent ...
Date of birth: 15 April 1967
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
Height: 6' (183 cm)
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Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981), also known by her married name Amanda Brown, is an American swimmer and a seven-time Olympic medalist (two gold, four silver, one bronze). She is a former world ...
Date of birth: 29 October 1981
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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Summer Elisabeth Sanders OLY (born October 13, 1972) is an American sports commentator, reporter, television personality, actress, former competition swimmer and Olympic champion from 1992.
Date of birth: 13 October 1972
Nationality: American
Occupation: TV Personality
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)
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Nathan Ghar-jun Adrian (born December 7, 1988) is an American competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist who formerly held the American record in the long course 50-meter freestyle event.
Date of birth: 7 December 1988
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)
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Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female ...
Date of birth: 17 March 1997
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
Height: 6' (183 cm)
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Melissa Jeanette Franklin (born May 10, 1995) is an American former competition swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist. She formerly held the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (long course) ...
Date of birth: 10 May 1995
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen (born February 15, 1973) is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and national radio sports talk show co-host. She won six ...
Date of birth: 15 February 1973
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
Height: 6' (183 cm)
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Aaron Wells Peirsol (born July 23, 1983) is an American former competition swimmer and backstroke specialist who is a former world champion and world record-holder. He is a three-time Olympian and se ...
Date of birth: 23 July 1983
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)
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Buster Crabbe
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908–1983)
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Clarence Linden Crabbe II (February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold ...
Date of birth: 7 February 1908
Date of death: 23 April 1983
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)
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Eleanor G. Holm (December 6, 1913 – January 31, 2004) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. She is best known for having been expelled from the 1936 Summer Olympics team after ...
Date of birth: 6 December 1913
Date of death: 31 January 2004
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
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Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ...
Date of birth: 23 August 1982
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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Allison Rodgers Schmitt (born June 7, 1990) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. She is a four-time Olympian and an eight-time Olympic medalist.
Date of birth: 7 June 1990
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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Anthony Lee Ervin (born May 26, 1981) is an American competition swimmer who has won four Olympic medals and two World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's ...
Date of birth: 26 May 1981
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Sheila Christine Taormina (born March 18, 1969) is an American former athlete who competed at four Olympics (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), and was the first woman to qualify for the Olympics in three different ...
Date of birth: 18 March 1969
Nationality: American
Occupation: Triathlete
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)
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Matthew Nicholas Biondi (born October 8, 1965) is an American former competition swimmer, eleven-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in five events. Biondi competed in the Summer Olympic ...
Date of birth: 8 October 1965
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 7" (201 cm)
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Rebecca Soni (born March 18, 1987) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is a six-time Olympic medalist. She is a former world record-holder in the 100-meter breas ...
Date of birth: 18 March 1987
Nationality: American
Occupation: Swimming
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)
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