The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from New Caledonia
This page contains a list of the greatest Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 2 of which were born in New Caledonia. This makes New Caledonia the birth place of the 60th most number of Swimmers behind Tunisia, and South Korea.
Top 2
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.
1. Maxime Grousset (b. 1999)
With an HPI of 36.45, Maxime Grousset is the most famous Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Maxime Grousset (born 24 April 1999) is a French swimmer from New Caledonia. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×50 metre mixed freestyle relay. He won the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly and the bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships (long course).
2. Lara Grangeon (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 33.81, Lara Grangeon is the 2nd most famous Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Lara Grangeon (born 21 September 1991) is a French swimmer from the territory of New Caledonia who competes in the individual medley and butterfly events. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 18th overall in the heats in the 400 metre individual medley and failed to reach the final. Due to the New Caledonia's status as an overseas territory of France, Grangeon competes for New Caledonia in regional (Pacific) competitions and for France in continental and global competitions. At the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia, Grangeon entered all twenty women's events (including one open water event) and won a medal in all of them, including sixteen golds. At the 2007 and 2011 Games, Grangeon swam on several relay teams together with Diane Bui Duyet, who also represents both France and New Caledonia. At the 2015 European Short Course Championships in Netanya, Israel, Grangeon broke the French record in the 400 meter individual medley with a time of 4:29.14. She won the bronze medal. Earlier in 2015 at the French Championships in Limoges, she had already broken the long course French record in this event. In 2016, she again broke the long-course record, with a time of 4:36.61 at the French Championships and Olympic trials in Montpellier. At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in the 200 m butterfly and the 400 m individual medley. She has qualified to represent France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and competed the 10 km open water marathon.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as swimmers born between 1991 and 1999. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living swimmers include Maxime Grousset, and Lara Grangeon. As of April 2024, 2 new swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Maxime Grousset, and Lara Grangeon.
