Ryan Andrew Cochrane is a retired Canadian competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle distance events. Cochrane is an Olympic silver and bronze medalist as well as a triple gold medalist from the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships. He is also a four-time Commonwealth Games champion in the 400-metre and 1,500-metre having won both medals in 2010 and 2014. He holds six world championship medals from the 800-metre and 1500-metre, this also makes Cochrane Canada's all-time leading medalist for a swimmer at the World Aquatics Championships. Cochrane also won gold medals in the 400 and 1,500 m freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, as well as a bronze in the 4 x 200 m freestyle at the 2015 Games. From the year 2008 - 2015, Cochrane was named the Canadian male swimmer of the year - winning the award 8 times in a row.
Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky is an American competitive swimmer. She has won five Olympic gold medals and 14 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. She is the current world record holder in the women's 400-, 800-, and 1500-meter freestyle. She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events.
The men's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The last champion was Andrew Hurd of Canada.
The mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 17 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The boys' 400 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 17 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The boys' 200 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 18 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The boys' 50 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 19-20 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
Mackenzie "Mack" Horton is an Australian freestyle swimmer. He is an Olympic gold medallist, World Championships medallist, and Commonwealth Games medallist. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he finished first in the 400m freestyle, winning his first gold medal and became the first male swimmer from the state of Victoria to do so in the Games' history.
The boys' 100 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 21-22 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The girls' 800 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 19 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The boys' 50 metre breaststroke event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 21-22 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The girls' 100 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 18-19 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The girls' 50 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 21-22 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The girls' 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 21 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The boys' 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 19 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Kate Ziegler of United States.
Emma Kay Robinson is a New Zealand swimmer who has competed for her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle but did not qualify for the final.
Stephen Milne is a Scottish swimmer who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Naomi Ruele is a Botswana swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she ranked at #47 with a time of 26.23 seconds. She also swims for Florida International University, and has been named the 2015/16 Conference USA swimmer of the year.
Kyle Stolk is a Dutch competitive swimmer, who specializes in freestyle events. He won a silver medal in the boys' 200 m freestyle at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, and finished seventh as a member of the Dutch swimming squad in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Stolk currently trains for the swimming league at PSV Eindhoven, under the tutelage of his coach and three-time Olympian Marcel Wouda.
