The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Belgium
This page contains a list of the greatest Belgian Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 392 Swimmers, 1 of which were born in Belgium. This makes Belgium the birth place of the 43rd most number of Swimmers behind South Korea and Ireland.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Belgian Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Belgian Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Frédérik Deburghgraeve (1973 - )
With an HPI of 29.64, Frédérik Deburghgraeve is the most famous Belgian Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Frédérik Edouard Robert "Fred" Deburghgraeve (born 1 June 1973 in Roeselare) is a former Belgian swimmer who won the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke and set a world record during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. He is now retired from swimming and makes a living as a salesman. He lives in Roeselare. Deburghgraeve was trained by a Dutchman, named Ronald Gaastra. In 2008 Deburghgraeve was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as swimmers born between 1973 and 1973. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living swimmers include Frédérik Deburghgraeve.
