The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Jamaica
This page contains a list of the greatest Jamaican Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 1 of which were born in Jamaica. This makes Jamaica the birth place of the 54th most number of Swimmers behind Bulgaria, and United Arab Emirates.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Jamaican Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Jamaican Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Alia Atkinson (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 21.59, Alia Atkinson is the most famous Jamaican Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Alia Shanee Atkinson, СD (born 11 December 1988) is a Jamaican five-time Olympian and a former competitive swimmer whose international competition career spanned 19 years, 2003 to 2021 inclusive, at the senior level. At short course World Swimming Championships, she is a ten-time medalist in individual events, including four gold medals, four silver medals, and two bronze medals. She won a total of 124 medals, of which 74 were gold medals, at Swimming World Cup circuits over the course of her career. She won 14 total medals in individual events, 11 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze, from her first three Central American and Caribbean Games, in 2006, 2010, and 2018. In 2014, Atkinson became the first Afro-Jamaican to win a world title in swimming, winning the short course 100-metre breaststroke at the 2014 World Swimming Championships with a world record time of 1:02.36. In 2016, she tied her world record in the short course 100 metre breaststroke on 26 August before setting a new world record in the short course 50-metre breaststroke on 26 October. Two years later, on 6 October 2018, she set her second new world record in the short course 50-metre breaststroke, marking her fourth world record time in an individual event. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she became the second Jamaican swimmer to place in the top four at an Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the 100-metre breaststroke.
2. Keanan Dols (b. 1998)
With an HPI of 0.00, Keanan Dols is the 2nd most famous Jamaican Swimmer. His biography has been translated into different languages.
Keanan Dols (born 24 July 1998) is a Jamaican swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley and men's 200 metre butterfly at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Born in Jamaica, he grew up in Sarasota, Florida and swam for the University of Pennsylvania, from where he graduated in 2022.
3. Sasha Gatt (b. 2005)
With an HPI of 0.00, Sasha Gatt is the 3rd most famous Jamaican Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into different languages.
Sasha Gatt (born 22 June 2005) is a Maltese swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Women's 400 m freestyle, and Women's 1500 m freestyle. She also competed in the women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, in Budapest, Hungary.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as Jamaican swimmers born between 1988 and 2005. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Jamaican swimmers include Alia Atkinson, Keanan Dols, and Sasha Gatt. As of April 2024, 2 new Jamaican swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Keanan Dols, and Sasha Gatt.
Living Jamaican Swimmers
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Alia Atkinson
1988 - Present
HPI: 21.59
Keanan Dols
1998 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Sasha Gatt
2005 - Present
HPI: 0.00
