The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Afghanistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Afghan Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 1 of which were born in Afghanistan. This makes Afghanistan the birth place of the 97th most number of Swimmers behind Indonesia, and Nepal.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Afghan Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Fahim Anwari (b. 1999)
With an HPI of 24.84, Fahim Anwari is the most famous Afghan Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 10 different languages on wikipedia.
Fahim Anwari (Persian/ Dari: فهیم انوری) is an Afghan swimmer with two Afghan national records. He is a member of Afghanistan's national swimming team. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan, Anwari trained at Qargha Lake. In April 2021, Afghanistan National Olympic Committee announced that Anwari will become the first swimmer to represent Afghanistan at the Olympics. Anwari received financial support from the IOC for his preparations for the Olympics.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Afghan swimmers born between 1999 and 1999. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Afghan swimmers include Fahim Anwari. As of April 2024, 1 new Afghan swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Fahim Anwari.
