Swimming in History (Part 2)

Events 101 - 200 of 218

• 1988-09-23 East German swimmer Uwe Dassler sets world record 3:46.95 to win 400m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; edges Australian Duncan Armstrong by 0.2s
• 1988-09-24 American swimmer Matt Biondi sets world record 22.14 to win the 50m freestyle gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; his 4th of 5 gold medals for the Games
• 1988-09-24 Swimmer Silke Hörner wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics as part of the victorious East German 4 x 100m medley relay team
• 1988-09-24 West German swimmer Michael Gross wins 200m butterfly in Olympic record 1:56.94 at the Seoul Games; third career gold medal
• 1988-09-25 East German swimmer Kristin Otto swims Olympic record 25.49 to win the 50m freestyle gold at the Seoul Olympics; her 6th gold medal of the Games
• 1988-09-25 Hungarian swimmer Tamás Darnyi wins the 200m individual medley gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in world record 2:00.17; wraps up medley double at the Games
• 1988-09-25 Super swimmer Matt Biondi wins his 5th gold medal of the Seoul Olympics anchoring the victorious American 4 x 100m medley relay team
• 1988-10-01 Canadian synchronised swimmer Carolyn Waldo teams with Michelle Cameron to win the duet gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; wraps up double having won individual title
• 1989-08-15 Italian swimmer Giorgio Lamberti sets world record 200m freestyle (1:46.69) in Bonn, West Germany
• 1990-02-04 Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)
• 1990-03-24 Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec)
• 1991-01-04 12-year-old Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal at World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia; youngest world champion in the history of any aquatic event
• 1991-01-08 Tamas Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4:12.36)
• 1991-01-12 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69)
• 1991-04-10 Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51)
• 1991-08-13 American Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60) at the World Championships in Fort Lauderale, Florida
• 1991-08-20 Norbert Rosza swims world record 100m breast stroke (1:01.29)
• 1991-08-22 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 100m backstroke (1:00.31)
• 1991-08-25 Krizstina Egerszegi swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.62)
• 1991-11-23 Martín López-Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:56.57)
• 1992-02-02 Australian Kieren Perkins swims 1,500m freestyle short course world record, 14:32.40 at AIS, Canberra, Australia
• 1992-02-09 Jani Sievinen swims world record 400m medley (4:07.10)
• 1992-02-14 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)
• 1992-03-02 American swimmer Anita Nall breaks the 200m breaststroke world record twice in the one day at the US Swimming championships in Indianapolis; wins final in 2:25.35
• 1992-03-07 Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)
• 1992-07-27 Japanese swimmer Kyoko Iwasaki wins the 200m breaststroke in Barcelona to become the youngest to win an Olympic gold medal at 14 years-6 days
• 1992-07-29 American Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.16) at the World Championships in Perth, Australia, breaking his own record set in August 1991
• 1992-07-29 Yevgeni Sadovyi of the Unified Team swims world 400m record (3:45.00) to wrap up 200-400m freestyle double at the Barcelona Olympics
• 1992-07-31 Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi earns her 3rd gold medal of the Barcelona Olympics winning 200m backstroke for the 100-200 double along with 400m I/M gold
• 1992-07-31 Three world record swims on final night session at the Barcelona Olympics; Australian Kieren Perkins 1,500m (14:43.4); Tamás Darnyi of Hungary 200m backstroke (1:59.36); China's Yang Wenyi women's 50m freestyle (24.79)
• 1992-11-21 Jan Karlsson swims world record 50m butterfly (23.80 sec)
• 1992-11-21 Jani Sievinen swims world record 100m medley (53.78 sec)
• 1992-11-21 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)
• 1992-11-22 Sandra Volker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.57 sec)
• 1993-01-09 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100m free style (53.33)
• 1993-02-10 Jani Sievinen swims world record 200m backstroke (1:55.59)
• 1993-02-16 Sandra Völker swims world record 50m backstroke (28.33 sec)
• 1993-04-12 American Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) at Sheffield, England
• 1994-01-01 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83)
• 1994-01-05 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82)
• 1994-06-18 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
• 1994-08-24 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66)
• 1994-08-24 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00)
• 1994-09-04 Chinese diver Fu Mingxia wins 10m platform gold medal at World Swimming Championships in Rome, Italy; becomes first female to win back-to-back world titles in the event
• 1994-09-05 Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)
• 1994-09-06 Tom Dolan swims world record 400m medley (4:12.30)
• 1994-09-07 Jingyi Le, Ying Shan, Ying Le and Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)
• 1995-02-11 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)
• 1995-02-12 Jeff Rouse swims world record 50m backstroke (24.37 sec)
• 1996-03-18 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
• 1998-01-15 Australian schoolboy Ian Thorpe becomes youngest ever male to become a world swimming champion when he wins 400m freestyle aged 15 years, 3 months in Perth; also wins event at 2001 & 2003 World Championships

• 2004-03-31 Australian swimmer Lisbeth Lenton breaks Inge de Bruijn's 4-year old 100m freestyle women's world record in 53.66s at the Australian Olympic trials in Sydney
• 2004-08-16 Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe wins the men's 200m freestyle in Olympic record 1:44.71, giving him the 200/400m freestyle double at the Athens Olympics
• 2004-08-18 Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband wins the coveted 100m freestyle gold medal in 48.17 ahead of Roland Schoeman of South Africa at the Athens Olympics
• 2004-08-18 Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima wraps up the 100/200m breaststroke double at the Athens Olympics when he wins the 200m in 2:09.44, an Olympic record

• 2004-08-19 American swimmer Michael Phelps wraps up the 200/400m individual medley double at the Athens Olympics when he wins the 200m (1:57.14 OR) ahead of teammate Ryan Lochte
• 2004-08-19 Australian swimmer Jodie Henry records 53.84 to win the blue ribband 100m freestyle gold medal ahead of Dutch star Inge de Bruijn at the Athens Olympics
• 2004-08-20 American swimmer Michael Phelps wraps up the 100/200m butterfly double at the Athens Olympics when he wins the 100m (51.25 OR) ahead of teammate Ian Croker
• 2004-08-21 American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 6th gold medal of the Athens Olympics even though he doesn't swim the final of men's 4 x 100m medley relay; US wins in world record 3:30.68
• 2007-04-01 American super swimmer Michael Phelps smashes his own world record in the 400m individual medley (4:06.22) to win his record 7th gold medal at the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia
• 2008-03-22 French Swimmer Alain Bernard sets world record of 47.50 for 100m freestyle long course after winning the European LC Championships 2008
• 2008-08-10 American super-star swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 400m individual medley at the Beijing Olympics in world record 4:03.84
• 2008-08-11 Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima repeats 1st leg of his Athens Olympics 100/200m breaststroke double at the Beijing Games winning the 100m in world record 58.91; goes on to win 200m event
• 2008-08-12 American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 3rd of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics when he takes the 200m freestyle in world record 1:42.96
• 2008-08-12 American swimmer Natalie Coughlin becomes the first to successfully defend the gold medal in the women's 100 m backstroke when she wins event at the Beijing Olympics
• 2008-08-12 An American 1-2 in the 100m backstroke at the Beijing Olympics with Aaron Peirsol swimming a world record 52.54 to beat teammate Matt Grevers
• 2008-08-13 American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins 3 gold medals, all in world record time, in the one day at the Beijing Olympics; 200m I/M (1:54.23), 200m butterfly (1.52.03) and 4 x 200m freestyle relay (6:58.56)
• 2008-08-13 Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice wraps up the medley double at the Beijing Olympics when she swims world record 2:08.45 to win the 200m I/M gold medal
• 2008-08-13 Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini sets new world record 1:54.82 to claim 200m freestyle gold medal at the Beijing Olympics; runner-up Sara Isaković is Slovenia's first Olympic swim medal winner
• 2008-08-14 A popular Chinese 1-2 in the 200m butterfly at the Beijing Olympics with Liu Zige swimming world record 2:04.18 to beat teammate Jiao Liuyang
• 2008-08-14 Australian women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay team of Stephanie Rice, Bronte Barratt, Kylie Palmer & Linda Mackenzie swims world record 7:44.31 to beat China and take the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics
• 2008-08-14 French swimmer Alain Bernard wins the coveted 100m freestyle gold medal at the Beijing Olympics beating Eamon O'Sullivan of Australia by 0.11
• 2008-08-14 Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitajima repeats his Athens Olympics 100/200m breaststroke double at the Beijing Games winning the 200m in Olympic record 2:07.64
• 2008-08-15 American breaststroker Rebecca Soni avenges her defeat to Leisel Jones of Australia in the 100m when she swims world record 2:20.22 to beat Jones in 200m at the Beijing Olympics

• 2008-08-15 German swimmer Britta Steffen beats Australian Libby Trickett by 0.04 to win the blue ribband 100m freestyle gold medal at the Beijing Olympics
• 2008-08-16 American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 7th of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics when he takes the 100m butterfly in Olympic record 50.58; beats Milorad Čavić of Serbia by 0.01
• 2008-08-16 British swimmer Rebecca Adlington wraps up the 400/800m freestyle double at the Beijing Olympics with a world record 8:14.10 in the 800
• 2008-08-16 César Cielo wins the men's 50m freestyle in 21.30 in Beijing, Brazil's first ever swimming Olympic gold medal
• 2008-08-17 German swimmer Britta Steffen beats American Dara Torres by 0.01 in the 50m to wrap up the 50/100m double at the Beijing Olympics
• 2008-08-20 Russian long-distance swimmer Larisa Ilchenko wins inaugural women's open water marathon (10k) in 1:59:27.7 at the Beijing Olympics
• 2008-08-21 Dutch swimmer and cancer survivor Maarten van der Weijden wins inaugural men's open water marathon (10k) in 1:51:51.6 at the Beijing Olympics
• 2009-08-02 Michael Phelps ends the World Swimming Championships in Rome with his 5th gold medal as part of the US 4x100m medley relay team that recorded the 43rd world record of the controversial meet
• 2012-08-02 American swimmer Michael Phelps wins an unprecedented third consecutive gold medal in the 200m individual medley in 1:54.27 at the London Olympics
• 2012-08-02 American swimmer Rebecca Soni becomes first woman to win the 200m breaststroke twice with a world record 2:19.59 at the London Olympics
• 2012-08-03 American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 100m butterfly in London to take his all-time Olympic gold medal tally to a record 17
• 2016-08-06 Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú sets world record 4:26.36 to win the gold medal in the women's 400m individual medley at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics

• 2016-08-08 Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú wins the women's 100m backstroke gold medal in a time of 58.45; her second gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
• 2016-08-09 American swimmer Katie Ledecky wins her second gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 1:53.73 in the women's 200m freestyle ahead of Sarah Sjöström of Sweden and Australian Emma McKeon
• 2016-08-09 American swimmer Michael Phelps swims 1:53.36 to win the men's 200m butterfly gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; beats Japan's Masato Sakai by 0.04 for his 20th Olympic gold medal
• 2016-08-11 American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins men's 200m individual medley in 1:54.66 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; 3rd athlete and 1st swimmer to win 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals in one event
• 2016-08-12 American star swimmer Katie Ledecky sets world record 8:04.79 to dominate the women's 800m field at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; medal tally of 4 gold, 1 silver make her most decorated US female athlete at one Olympics
• 2016-08-12 Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú wins her 4th medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics finishing 2nd in the women's 200m backstroke; gold to American Maya DiRado in 2:05:99
• 2016-08-13 American swimmer Michael Phelps ends his career at the Rio Olympics as part of the winning 4x100 medley relay, his record 23rd gold medal
• 2016-08-16 Russian pair Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina retain their Olympic synchronised swimming duet title at the Rio de Janeiro Games with final score 194.9910

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Birthdays 101 - 200 of 339

• 1954-09-06 Jon Erikson, American swimmer 1st to triple cross English Channel (1981) (d. 2014)
• 1954-10-01 Martin Strel, Slovenian long distance swimmer (Danube, Mississippi, Yangtze, Amazon River records), born in Mokronog, Slovenia
• 1955-01-24 James Montgomery, American swimmer (1976 Olympics 3 golds), born in Madison, Wisconsin
• 1955-04-15 Enith Salle Brigitha, Dutch 100m/200m swimmer (Olympic bronze 1976), born in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
• 1956-01-20 John Naber, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m/200m backstroke, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley; silver 200m freestyle 1976), born in Evanston, Illinois
• 1956-04-21 Rick DeMont, American 400m swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics)
• 1956-10-16 Melissa Belote, American 100m/200m swimmer (Olympics 3 gold-1972), born in Washington, D.C.

• 1957-01-02 Lynne Cox, American long-distance open-water swimmer known for easing Cold War tensions by swimming from the US to the Soviet Union in 1987, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1957-01-31 Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer (Olympics-6 silver/2 gold-72, 76), born in Whittier, California
• 1957-02-26 Keena Rothhammer, American 800m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1972), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
• 1957-05-08 Deana Deardurff, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m medley relay 1972), born in Wyoming, Ohio
• 1957-05-27 Bruce Furniss, American swimmer (Olympic gold men's 200m freestyle WR, 4x200m freestyle relay WR 1976; WR men's 200m IM 2:06.08 1975), born in Fresno, California
• 1957-05-27 Duncan Goodhew, English 100m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1980), born in London, England
• 1957-08-20 Cindy Nicholas, Canadian swimmer (swam English Channel 19 times), born in Toronto, Ontario
• 1958-06-16 Ulrike Tauber, East German swimmer, born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
• 1958-10-25 Kornelia Ender, East German swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-1972, 76), born in Plauen, East Germany
• 1959-02-17 Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay, 4x100m medley 1984; 5 x World C'ship gold 1978, 82) and broadcaster (NBC), born in Winter Haven, Florida
• 1959-04-02 Brian Goodell, American swimmer who won Olympic gold 400m WR 3:51.93, 1500m WR 15:02.40 1976, born in Stockton, California
• 1959-12-25 Chris Spice, Australian field hockey coach (Australian assistant Olympics women's gold 1996; World Cup gold 1994; swimming: British Performance Director Olympics 2016, 20), born in Brisbane, Australia
• 1960-03-08 Max Metzker, Australian swimmer
• 1960-03-10 Linda Jezek, American backstroke swimmer (Pan Am Gold-1979), born in California
• 1960-05-27 Aleksandr Sidorenko, Ukrainian swimmer (Olympic gold USSR 400m IM 1980; World C'ship gold 200m IM 1982), born in Mariupol, Ukraine (d. 2022)
• 1961-02-20 Steve Lundquist, US swimmer (Olympics 2 gold-1984)
• 1961-05-27 Jill Sterkel, American swimmer (Olympic gold, 1976 & 1984; bronze, 1988), born in Hacienda Heights, California
• 1962-04-17 Nancy Hogshead, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1984), born in Iowa City, Iowa
• 1962-11-01 Sharron Davies, British swimmer (Olympic silver 400m medley 1980) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Plymouth, England
• 1962-12-11 Kim Linehan, American swimmer (1500m World record, 1979), born in Bronxville, New York
• 1963-01-01 Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1980; WR 1979 2:28.36), born in Vilnius, Lithuania
• 1963-01-11 Petra Schneider, East German swimmer (Olympic gold 400m, 400m medley Moscow), born in Chemnitz, Germany
• 1963-01-11 Tracy Caulkins, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m medley, 400m medley, 1 x 100m medley relay 1984; 5 x World C'ship gold 1978), born in Winona, Minnesota
• 1963-02-04 Tracie Ruiz-Conforto, Hawaii, sync swimmer (Olympic 2 gold/silver-84, 88)
• 1963-07-19 Sandor Wladar, Hungarian 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic gold 1980), born in Budapest, Hungary
• 1963-09-27 Caren Metschuck, German DR, 100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic gold 1980)
• 1963-10-10 Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer (1984 Olympics), born in Amstelveen, Netherlands
• 1963-11-02 Ines Diers, German swimmer (GDR Olympic gold 400m, 4x100m relay 1980), born in Rochlitz, Sachsen, Germany
• 1964-02-07 Cynthia "Sippy" Woodhead, swimmer (Olympic silver 1984), born in Riverside, California
• 1964-06-17 Michael Gross, German swimmer (3 Olympic gold 1984, 88), born in Frankfurt, Germany
• 1964-10-04 Matthew Cetlinski, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x200m freestyle relay 1988), born in Fort Worth, Florida
• 1964-10-06 Tom Jager, American swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92; 50m freestyle world record x 6), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
• 1964-10-27 Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100/200m butterfly, 4x100m medley 1984; WR 100/200m butterfly 1981), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• 1964-12-05 Pablo Morales, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m medley relay 1984, 92; 100m butterfly 1992), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1965-02-19 Andrew Jameson, English swimmer, born in Crosby, England
• 1965-09-12 Silke Hörner, German breaststroke swimmer (2 Olympic gold 1988), born in Leipzig, Germany

• 1965-11-15 Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
• 1965-12-26 Kathleen Nord, German swimmer (Olympic gold GDR 200m butterfly 1988; World C'ship gold 400m medley 1986), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2022)
• 1966-01-15 Betsy Mitchell, American 100m backstroke swimmer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1966-02-07 Kristin Otto, German swimmer (6 Olympic gold 1988), born in Leipzig, Germany
• 1966-03-03 Dmitry Volkov, Soviet-Russian swimmer (1992 medley relay silver), born in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
• 1966-06-11 Tiffany Cohen, American swimmer (Olympic gold 400m, 800m freestyle 1984), born in Culver City, California
• 1966-07-20 Tracey Mcfarlane, US breaststroke swimmer (US record 100m)
• 1966-08-24 Jon Sieben, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 1984), born in Brisbane, Queensland
• 1967-01-22 Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle), born in Walsall, England
• 1967-02-11 Uwe Daßler, German swimmer, born in Ebersbach, Görlitz
• 1967-04-15 Dara Torres, American swimmer, winner of 12 Olympic medals (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), born in Beverly Hills, California
• 1967-04-25 Angel Martino, American 50m/100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold/2 br-92, 96), born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• 1967-06-03 Tamás Darnyi, Hungarian swimmer (4 Olympic gold 200/400m medley 1988, 92), born in Budapest, Hungary
• 1967-11-25 Anthony Nesty, Suriname swimmer (Suriname's 1st Olympic gold medal 100m butterfly 1988), born in Trinidad & Tobago
• 1968-04-07 Duncan Armstrong, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m freestyle 1988), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
• 1968-07-02 Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer (Olympic gold 100m backstroke 1992), born in Calgary, Alberta
• 1968-11-18 Mel Stewart, American swimmer (Olympic gold 1992), born in Gastonia, North Carolina
• 1968-12-01 Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer (4 x Olympic silver 200m, 1 x bronze 400m 1988-96), born in Motala, Sweden
• 1968-12-04 Mike Barrowman, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m breaststroke 1992, World C'ship gold 1991), born in Costa Mesa, California
• 1969-01-28 Giorgio Lamberti, Italian swimmer (World C'ship gold world 200m 1991; WR 200m freestyle 1:46.69 1989), born in Brescia, Italy
• 1969-03-18 Sheila Taormina, 4X200m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1996)
• 1969-04-23 Martín López-Zubero, Spanish backstroke swimmer (world record 200m), born in Jacksonville, Florida
• 1969-05-07 Melanie Valerio, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m freestyle relay 1996), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1969-05-19 David Wharton, Warminster PA, US Olympic swimmer (Olympic silver 1988)
• 1969-06-26 Ingrid Lempereur, Belgian swimmer, born in Messancy, Belgium
• 1969-11-14 Mark Henderson, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m medley 1996; World C'ship gold 1991, 94), born in Washington, D.C.
• 1969-12-05 Lewis Gordon Pugh, English-South African swimmer, polar explorer and motivational speaker, born in Plymouth, England
• 1970-01-29 Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer (World C'ship gold 400m, 1500m 1991; Olympic bronze 1500 1992), born in Schwedt an der Oder, Germany
• 1970-02-06 Jeff Rouse, American 50m/100m backstroke swimmer (Olymp-gold/silver-92, 96), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia
• 1970-03-24 Judith Draxler, Austrian swimmer
• 1970-04-06 Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
• 1970-04-18 Heike Friedrich, East German swimmer (world record 200m), born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Sachsen
• 1970-05-12 Mark Foster, English swimmer (4 x World C'ship [SC] gold 50m freestyle; 2 x gold 50m butterfly), born in Billericay, England
• 1970-12-06 Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer, born in Liège, Belgium
• 1971-03-19 Whitney Hedgepeth, American swimmer - 100m/200m backstroke (2 Olympic silver medals 1996), born in Charlottesville, Virgina
• 1971-04-21 Samantha Druce, British swimmer, youngest woman to swim English Channel
• 1971-08-28 Janet Evans, American swimmer (Olympic gold 400m, 800m, 400m medley 1988; 800m 1992; WR 400m, 800m, 1,500m), born in Fullerton, California
• 1971-09-03 Glen Housman, Australian swimmer (Olympic silver 1,500m 1992), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
• 1971-11-16 Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer (50m & 100m Olympic gold, 1992 & 1996), Lesnoy, Soviet Union
• 1972-01-23 Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer, born in Tilburg, Netherlands
• 1972-02-09 Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer (100m freestyle record)
• 1972-03-29 Paul Kent, New Zealand swimmer (World C'ship SC gold 4x100m medley 1995), born in Auckland, New Zealand
• 1972-09-01 Josh Davis, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100/200m freestyle relay/4x100m medley relay 1996), born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1972-09-18 Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer (Olympics 1988, silver), born in Ostend, Belgium
• 1972-10-10 Marianne Limpert, Canadian 200m relay swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Matagami, Quebec
• 1972-10-13 Summer Sanders, American butterfly swimmer (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Roseville, California
• 1972-11-08 Chris Fydler, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 4×100m freestyle relay 2000; World C'ship gold 1998), born in Sydney, Australia
• 1973-01-19 Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer (Olympic gold 200fre/400fre/4x200m 1992), born in Volzhsky, Russia
• 1973-02-15 Amy Van Dyken, US 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer (Olympic 2 g-96), born in Denver, Colorado
• 1973-02-26 Jenny Thompson, American 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1992, 96), born in Danvers, Massachusetts
• 1973-03-29 Brad Bridgewater, American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m backstroke 1996), born in Charleston, West Virginia
• 1973-05-29 Malcolm Allen, Australian swimmer (1995 World C'ships gold 4x200m freestyle relay), born in Wauchope, NSW
• 1973-06-01 Frédérik Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer (Olympic gold 100m breaststroke 1996 WR 1:00.60), born in Roeselare, West Flanders, Belgium
• 1973-07-14 Kieren Perkins, Australian 1500m swimmer (Olympics - gold, 1992 & 1996), born in Brisbane, Australia
• 1973-07-21 Stephen Clarke, Canadian swimmer (Olympic bronze 1992, 96), born in Sutton Coldfield, England

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