Franziska van Almsick is a retired German swimmer, former world record holder. She was multiple World and European champion, in both Long and Short Course Championships.
Dirk Richter is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, alongside Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, and Steffen Zesner.
Sven Lodziewski is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Annika Liebs, previously Annika Lurz, is an Olympic and former World Record-holding swimmer from Germany. She swam for her homeland at the 2008 Olympics.
Lars Conrad is an Olympic and national record holding freestyle swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at 2000 and 2004 Olympics.
Jörg Hoffmann is a retired freestyle swimmer from Germany, former World record holder, becoming the first man to swim 1500m Freestyle under 15 minutes. He was also multiple World and European champion, in both Long and Short Course Championships.
Thomas Flemming is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics. There he won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Sven Lodziewski, and Steffen Zesner. Flemming also won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle, together with Steffen Zesner, Lars Hinneburg, and Dirk Richter.
Lars Hinneburg is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay, together with Steffen Zesner, Thomas Flemming, and Dirk Richter.
Aimo-Rhys Heilmann is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He did so alongside Christian Keller, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner. Winner of six German titles (1995-1999), Heilmann won the world title in the 4 × 100 m Freestyle at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships.
Britta Steffen is a German former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle sprint events, winning 2 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was disbanded after German reunification and succeeded by sports club SC Berlin.
Caren Metschuck is a German former swimmer and a multiple Olympic gold medalist. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 4×100 m freestyle relay team and 4×100 m medley relay, becoming the most successful female competitor of the Summer Olympic Games that year.
Jack Chapman Medica was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in two events.
Ralph Drew Flanagan was an American competitive swimmer who represented the United States at two consecutive Summer Olympics during the 1930s.
Coralie Balmy is a French freestyle swimmer. Balmy was born in La Trinité, Martinique. She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4 × 200 m relay freestyle. At the same Championships she won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle with the time of 4:04.15, all-time fourth fastest behind Federica Pellegrini's world record. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle final. On 6 December 2008 she set the world record for the 200 m freestyle at the French National Championships in Angers, France in a time of 1:53.16. At the 2012 Summer Olympics her 4 × 200 m freestyle team won the bronze medal in a time of 7:47.49. The split times: Camille Muffat (1:55.51); Charlotte Bonnet (1:57.78); Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.05); Coralie Balmy (1:56.15).
Francesca Jean Halsall is a retired English competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Olympics, FINA world championships, and European championships, and England at the Commonwealth Games. She competed primarily in freestyle and butterfly events.
Gabriele Wetzko is a former German swimmer. Born in Leipzig, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.
Steffen Deibler is a German former competitive swimmer from Biberach an der Riß. From 2009 to 2018 he was the world record holder for the 50 m butterfly.
Frank Wiegand is a German former swimmer, Olympic medalist and world record holder. He participated in the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a total of four silver medals.
Rafed Ziad El-Masri is a German former swimmer of Syrian origin, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is also a four-time national champion for Germany, and a gold medalist for the men's 50 m freestyle event at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, representing his ancestral homeland Syria.
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