Etiene Medeiros Professional athlete who became widely regarded as the best female Brazilian swimmer of all time. She was the first woman from her country to win an individual gold medal at the FINA World Swimming Championships and at the Pan American Games. Early life She won a silver medal at the 2008 FINA Youth World Swimming […]
Simon Burnett Swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, in the 100 meter freestyle, and the 4×200 meter freestyle. Early life He was a very successful swimmer at the University of Arizona. Trivia He made his Olympic debut at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens. Family of Simon Burnett His […]
Yana Klochkova Ukrainian swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist who won the 200 and 400 meter individual medley races in 2000 and 2004. Early life She won her first international competition medal at the 1998 World Championships, taking silver in the 400 m medley. Trivia She won two golds at the 2000 Olympics and […]
Joe Bartoch Swimmer who made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Games and specializes in the butterfly stroke. Early life He attended college at the University of Nevada at Los Vegas where he was on the swim team. Trivia He won a bronze medal in the 2007 Pan American Games in the 4×100 meter […]
James Crisp Paralympic swimmer who won seven medals at the 2000 Paralympics, including three gold medals. Early life He began swimming as psychotherapy when he contracted polio as a child. Trivia He has won numerous gold medals at the IPC Swimming World Championships. Family of James Crisp He was born in Nottingham. Close associates […]
Ian Thorpe Named swimmer of the year four times, he is recognized as one of the most popular Australian athletes of all time and won 2 Olympic gold medals. Early life He didn’t swim until unusually late for a professional swimmer because of an allergy to chlorine. Trivia After a brief hiatus from swimming, […]
Barbara Krause German freestyle swimmer and three-time Olympic gold medalist at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where she won the 100 and 200 meters freestyle races, and the 4×100 meters relay. Early life She won her first gold medal at the 1975 World Championships in Cali, Colombia. Trivia She broke 8 world records in her […]
Brad Cooper Swimmer who won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 400M freestyle. Early life He was a member of the Rockhampton Swimming Club from an early age, and won his first big competition in Queensland at the age of 7. Trivia In 1990 he was inducted into […]
Massimiliano Rosolino Swimmer who competed in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in the 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle, and 200-meter individual medley. He has over 40,000 followers on his massimiliano_rosolino_official Instagram account. Early life He learned to float when he was 4 years old and took his first swimming course at 6. Trivia He was the world champion in […]
Ieuan Lloyd Competitive swimmer first recognized as a member of the Great Britain national team at the 2012 London Olympics. Early life After finding his love of swimming as a young child, at the age of eleven, he balanced his studies and swimming training at the Stanwell School. Trivia In one of his earliest […]