Gerald Item
Gerald Herman Peter Item was an Indonesian swimmer. He competed in numerous international sporting events representing Indonesia. At the Swimming at the 1978 [Asian Games|1978 Asian Games], he won seven medals. At the 1982 Asian Games, he collected three bronze medals in relay events. Item also participated in the Southeast Asian Games of Aquatics at the 1977 [Southeast Asian Games|1977], 1979 Southeast Asian Games|1979] and 1981 and received a total of seventeen individual medals, including five gold in 1979 alone.
After retiring from swimming, he and his wife, Elfira Nasution, formed a swimming club named Elfira Swima Gemilang. He and his family left Indonesia in 2009 where he moved to Riverside, California and started coaching there.