The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Chile
This page contains a list of the greatest Chilean Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 1 of which were born in Chile. This makes Chile the birth place of the 80th most number of Swimmers behind Norfolk Island, and Paraguay.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chilean Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Chilean Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Kristel Köbrich (b. 1985)
With an HPI of 36.61, Kristel Köbrich is the most famous Chilean Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 12 different languages on wikipedia.
Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl (born August 9, 1985 in Santiago, Chile) is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flag bearer at the 2004 Olympics, and has participated in six consecutive Olympic Games: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. Regarded as the best Chilean swimmer in history, Köbrich currently holds the South American records in the women's 800m and 1500m freestyle for both long and short courses. She also holds the Chilean records in the 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyles (with times of 2:04.81, 4:11.83, 8:21.66, and 15:57.57), and also in the 400m IM (4:58.68).
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Chilean swimmers born between 1985 and 1985. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Chilean swimmers include Kristel Köbrich. As of April 2024, 1 new Chilean swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Kristel Köbrich.
