The Most Famous

SWIMMERS from Martinique

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This page contains a list of the greatest Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 1 of which were born in Martinique. This makes Martinique the birth place of the 49th most number of Swimmers behind Kazakhstan, and Argentina.

Top 1

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Coralie Balmy (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 25.11, Coralie Balmy is the most famous Swimmer.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Coralie Balmy (born 8 June 1987) is a French freestyle swimmer. Balmy was born in La Trinité, Martinique. She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4 × 200 m relay freestyle. At the same Championships she won the silver medal in the 400 m freestyle with the time of 4:04.15, all-time fourth fastest behind Federica Pellegrini's world record. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she finished fourth in the 400 m freestyle final. On 6 December 2008 she set the world record for the 200 m freestyle (short course) at the French National Championships in Angers, France in a time of 1:53.16. At the 2012 Summer Olympics her 4 × 200 m freestyle team won the bronze medal in a time of 7:47.49. The split times: Camille Muffat (1:55.51); Charlotte Bonnet (1:57.78); Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne (1:58.05); Coralie Balmy (1:56.15). Achievements 2007: SC European Championships 3rd 200 m freestyle (1:54.43) 2008: LC European Championships 1st 4×200 m freestyle (7:52.09) 2nd 400 m freestyle (4:04.15)

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as swimmers born between 1987 and 1987. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living swimmers include Coralie Balmy.

Living Swimmers

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