The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Egypt
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jillian Crooks (b. 2006)
With an HPI of 9.36, Jillian Crooks is the most famous Egyptian Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 3 different languages on wikipedia.
Jillian Janis Geohagan Crooks (born 27 June 2006) is a Caymanian competitive swimmer. She is the Cayman Islands record holder in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre freestyle. She competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing 41st in the prelims heats.
2. Deniz Ertan (b. 2004)
With an HPI of 8.13, Deniz Ertan is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 5 different languages.
Deniz Ertan (born 1 January 2004) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800 m freestyle event of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also came thirrd in the 800 m freestyle at the European Aquatics Championships on 18 June 2024. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming. While living in Ankara, Turkey, Ertan attended TED Ankara College. She won the bronze medal in the 200m individual medley event at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan. After graduating in 2022, her collegiate swimming career began at Georgia Tech, swimming under head coach Courtney Shealy Hart. From September 2023, she started swimming for coach Bob Bowman at Arizona State . She won the bronze medal with 8:34.31 in the 800 m freestyle event at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on 18 June 2024.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Egyptian swimmers born between 2004 and 2006. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Egyptian swimmers include Jillian Crooks, and Deniz Ertan. As of April 2024, 2 new Egyptian swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Jillian Crooks, and Deniz Ertan.
