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Sydney Battersby - Pioneer At his birth in 1887, the competitive swimming stroke of preference was the trudgen stroke. Sydney Battersby mastered it for his swimming. |
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Manuel Estiarte - Water Polo Player At just 5'8" and weighing only 145 pounds, Manuel Estiarte would seem to be an unlikely candidate to be considered the greatest player of all-time in a sport whose players average 6'3” and 200+ pounds. But Estiarte's career proved once again that it's not the size of the man, but the size of his heart and what's in the head that counts the most. |
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Bob Helmick - Contributor During his lifetime (1937-1991), Bob Helmick became the most influential American in international sport. He led the governing bodies of the international aquatic disciplines (FINA), the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). |
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Penny Heyns - Swimmer At the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Penny Heyns made Olympic swimming history when she became the first woman to win both the 100 meter and 200 meter breaststroke events at the same Olympic Games. She is also the only woman to hold as many as 14 World Records in breaststroke events and to hold all three breaststroke World Records simultaneously: the 50, 100 and 200 meter long course. |
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Mikako Kotani - Synchronized (Artistic) Swimmer What Hall of Fame Olympic Champions Tracy Ruiz, Carolyn Waldo, Candy Costie, Michele Cameron, the Josephson twins, Sylvie Frechette and Kristen Babb were to the United States and Canada, the beautiful Mikako Kotani was to Japan. |
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Debbie Muir - Coach For a 12-year period from 1978 to 1991, most all of Canada's international synchronized swimming medalists came from Coach Debbie Muir's hometown team, the Calgary Aquabelles. She began her coaching career in 1973 as an assistant with the Aquabelles and became the head coach within two years. |
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Sun Shuwei - Diver Sun Shuweistarted diving at the age of nine at the Guangdong Provincial Sparetime Sports School. At only 1.55 meters and 45 kilograms, he was a small athlete who relied on perfect technique to score high points. |
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Amy Van Dyken - Swimmer At 6'0” and 145 pounds,Amy Van Dykenis one of the world's great freestyle and butterfly sprinters who held the World Record in the 50 meter butterfly (short course). |
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