The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Laos
This page contains a list of the greatest Laotian Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 2 of which were born in Laos. This makes Laos the birth place of the 68th most number of Swimmers behind Tajikistan, and El Salvador.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Laotian Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Laotian Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Santisouk Inthavong (b. 1999)
With an HPI of 22.04, Santisouk Inthavong is the most famous Laotian Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 11 different languages on wikipedia.
Santisouk Inthavong (born 2 September 1999) is a Laotian backstroke and freestyle swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he ranked 69th with a time of 26.54 seconds, a national record. He did not advance to the semifinals. In 2019, he represented Laos at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea and he finished in 109th place in the heats in the men's 50 metre freestyle event. In the men's 50 metre backstroke he finished in 67th place in the heats.
2. Siri Arun Budcharern (b. 2002)
With an HPI of 17.32, Siri Arun Budcharern is the 2nd most famous Laotian Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 6 different languages.
Siri Arun Budcharern (born 12 January 2002) is a freestyle swimmer from Laos. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50 m freestyle and finished 76th with a time of 32.55 seconds. She did not advance to the semifinals, which required a top 16 finish in the heats. Leading up to the Games, Budcharern trained in a 25 m public pool in Vientiane, half the length of an Olympic-sized venue. She had to share the pool with children taking swimming lessons while the pool deck was often covered with beer bottles from parties.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Laotian swimmers born between 1999 and 2002. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Laotian swimmers include Santisouk Inthavong, and Siri Arun Budcharern. As of April 2024, 2 new Laotian swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Santisouk Inthavong, and Siri Arun Budcharern.
