The Most Famous

SWIMMERS from Nigeria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Nigerian Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 1 of which were born in Nigeria. This makes Nigeria the birth place of the 128th most number of Swimmers behind Somalia, and Qatar.

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

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1. Beatriz Padrón (b. 2003)

With an HPI of 1.00, Beatriz Padrón is the most famous Nigerian Swimmer.  Her biography has been translated into 2 different languages on wikipedia.

María Beatriz Padrón Salazar (born 5 April 2003) is a Costa Rican swimmer who competed in the 200 meter freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the 100 meter freestyle, 50 meter butterfly, and 100 meter butterfly.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Nigerian swimmers born between 2003 and 2003. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Nigerian swimmers include Beatriz Padrón. As of April 2024, 1 new Nigerian swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Beatriz Padrón.

Living Nigerian Swimmers

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Newly Added Nigerian Swimmers (2024)

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