List of Arizona State University swimmers and divers

Arizona State University (ASU) has graduated a number of athletes. This includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of ASU who are notable for their achievements within athletics, sometimes before or after their time at ASU. Athletes in other sports can be found in the list of Arizona State University athletes; other alumni, including non-playing coaches and athletic administrators, can be found in the list of Arizona State University alumni.

ASU has produced 12 Olympians and an Olympic coach in diving as well as 67 Olympians in swimming,^[1] winning a total of three medals in diving and 31 in swimming.^[2] Chief among ASU alumni are Melissa Belote, who won three gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and Léon Marchand, who won four gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Bernard Wrightson is the only ASU diver to win Olympic gold.

Diving

Joona Puhakka

Diving

Name	Years played at ASU	Notes	Ref.
Michele "Micky" Benedetti	2006–2009	Represented Italy at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics	[1][3]
Constantin Blaha		Represented Austria at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics	[1]
Tracy Cox		Represented Zimbabwe at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Elina Eggers		Represented Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics	[1]
Riley McCormick		Represented Canada at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics	[1]
Ann Peterson	1966–1968	Medalist representing the U.S. at the 1967 Pan American Games and 1968 Summer Olympics	[3][1]
Joona Puhakka	2002–2005	Four-time NCAA diving champion; represented Finland at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics	[3][1]
Keith Russell	1967–1968	1968 NCAA champion; represented the U.S. at the 1968 Summer Olympics	[3][1]
Youssef Selim	2016–2020	Diver; represented Egypt at the 2016 Summer Olympics	[4]
Patsy Willard	1960–1964	Eight-time national champion; represented the U.S. at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics	[3][1]
Bernie Wrightson	1962–1966	First ASU diver to be an NCAA champion (1966) or to win an Olympic gold medal (representing the U.S. in 1968)	[3][1]

Swimming

Melissa Belote

Léon Marchand

Swimming

Name	Years played at ASU	Notes	Ref.
Pablo Martín Abal		Represented Argentina at the 2000 Summer Olympics	[1]
Reema Abdo		Represented Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics	[1]
Carolyn Adel		Two-time Olympian representing Suriname	[1]
Gail Amundrud	1978–1981	Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1979 Pan American Games	[5]
Ross Anderson		Represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics	[1]
Jarod Arroyo	2021–2024	Represented Puerto Rico in the 2020 Summer Olympics before competing for ASU	[6][7]
Andy Astbury	1979–1983	Represented Great Britain at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and 1984 Summer Olympics	[8][1]
Joann Baker		Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics	[1]
Petra Banović		Represented Croatia at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics	[1]
Melissa Belote	1975–1979	Won three gold medals in swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics and was an Olympian in 1976	[5][1]
Richard Bera		Represented Indonesia at the 1988, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics	[1]
Peter Berggren		Represented Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics	[1]
Richárd Bohus		Represented Hungary at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics	[1]
Nick Brunelli	2001–2004	Represented the U.S. at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2004 and 2006 World Championships	[8]
Leslie Cliff		Represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics	[1]
Neil Cochran		Represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics	[1]
Alexandru Coci	2012–2014	Romanian swimmer	[9]
Attila Czene	1999–2000	Represented Hungary at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics	[8][1]
Troy Dalbey		Represented the U.S. at the 1988 Summer Olympics	[1]
Felipe Delgado		Represented Ecuador at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics	[1]
Robert Delgado		Represented Ecuador at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics	[1]
Paul Easter		Represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics	[1]
Cheryl Gibson	1978–1982	Previous to attending ASU, Olympic medalist representing Canada in 1976	[5]
Maryanne Graham		Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics	[1]
Steve Hardy		Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics	[1]
Jan Henne Hawkins	1968–1972	Gold medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics	[5][1]
David Holderbach		Represented France at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Paul Howe		Represented Great Britain at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Ahmed Hussein		Represented Egypt at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics	[1]
Chloe Isleta	2016–2020	Filipino-American swimmer	[10]
Andy Jameson		Represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics	[1]
Camilla Johansson		Represented Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics	[1]
Silja Känsäkoski	2017–2020	Finnish swimmer	[11]
Dávid Kolozár		Represented Hungary at the 2004 Summer Olympics	[1]
Ágnes Kovács		Represented Hungary at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics	[1]
Hubert Kós	2022–2024	Hungarian swimmer	[12]
Logi Jes Kristjánsson		Represented Iceland at the 1996 Summer Olympics	[1]
David Leblanc		Represented France at the 1988 Summer Olympics	[1]
Therèse Lundin		Represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Anders Lyrbring		Represented Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics	[1]
Mohammad Madwa		Represented Kuwait at the 2008 Summer Olympics	[1]
Riley Mants		Represented Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics	[1]
Léon Marchand	2021–2024	Won five medals, four gold, representing France at the 2024 Summer Olympics	[13][14]
Gavin Meadows		Represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics	[1]
Cristiano Michelena		Represented Brazil at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Kendis Moore	1967–1971	Pan American Games medalist	[5]
Anita Nall	—	Olympic swimmer in 1992; graduated ASU in 2002	[15]
Emanuel Nascimento		Represented Brazil at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Gal Nevo		Represented Israel at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics	[1]
Eva Nyberg		Represented Sweden at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Anna Olasz		Represented Hungary at the 2016 Summer Olympics	[1]
Mikael Örn	1981–1984	1983 NCAA champion; medalist at the 1984 Summer Olympics representing Sweden	[8][1]
Simon Percy		Represented New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Anders Peterson		Represented Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics	[1]
Eduardo Piccinini		Represented Brazil at the 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Renato Ramalho		Represented Brazil at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Iván Rodríguez Mesa		Represented Panama at the 2000 Summer Olympics	[1]
Cierra Runge	2018–2020	Olympic medalist before transferring to ASU	[16]
Francisco Sánchez	1996–1999	Represented Venezuela at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics	[8][1]
David Schlicht	2021–2024	Australian swimmer	[17]
Katarina Simonović		Represented Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics	[1]
Susan Sloan		Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics	[1]
Florencia Szigeti		Represented Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics	[1]
Richard Tapper		Represented New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics	[1]
Fanny Teijonsalo	2017–2019	Finnish swimmer	[18]
Graham Welbourn		Named to the 1980 Canadian Olympic team[a]	[19][1]
David "Tolu" Young		Represented Fiji at the 2024 Summer Olympics	[1]
Mel Zajac		Represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics	[1]

Notes

1. Did not compete because of the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.