The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Romania
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Romanian Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Romanian Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Johnny Weissmuller (1904 - 1984)
With an HPI of 70.19, Johnny Weissmuller is the most famous Romanian Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 65 different languages on wikipedia.
Johnny Weissmuller (; born Johann Peter Weißmüller [ˈʋaɪ̯smʏlɐ]; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an American Olympic swimmer, water polo player and actor. He was known for having one of the best competitive swimming records of the 20th century. He set world records alongside winning five gold medals in the Olympics. He won the 100m freestyle and the 4 × 200 m relay team event in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris and the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Weissmuller also won gold in the 400m freestyle, as well as a bronze medal in the water polo competition in Paris. Following his retirement from swimming, Weissmuller played Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan in twelve feature films from 1932 to 1948; six were produced by MGM, and six additional films by RKO. Weissmuller went on to star in sixteen Jungle Jim movies over an eight year period, then filmed 26 additional half-hour episodes of the Jungle Jim TV series.
2. Camelia Potec (1982 - )
With an HPI of 30.70, Camelia Potec is the 2nd most famous Romanian Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Camelia Potec (Romanian pronunciation: [kaˈmeli.a ˈpotek]; born 19 February 1982, in Brăila) is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.
3. Robert Glință (1997 - )
With an HPI of 20.27, Robert Glință is the 3rd most famous Romanian Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Robert Andrei Glință (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈrobert ˈglin.t͡sə]; born 18 April 1997) is the Romanian record holder in the long course and short course 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre backstroke. He is a former junior world record holder for 100 metre backstroke (short course), with a time of 50.77 seconds. He finalled in the 100 metre backstroke at two consecutive Summer Olympic Games, the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. He represented Team Iron in the International Swimming League in 2019. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, held at in December Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Glință achieved his highest place finish in the 100 metre backstroke, where he won the bronze medal with a time of 49.60 seconds, which was 0.37 seconds behind gold medalist Shaine Casas of the United States. It marked his first medal at a senior short course or long course World Championships. For the edition of the World Short Course Championships the following year, the 2022 World Short Course Championships held in December in Melbourne, Australia, he placed twenty-eighth in the 100 metre backstroke with a time of 52.65 seconds.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as swimmers born between 1904 and 1997. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living swimmers include Camelia Potec and Robert Glință. The most famous deceased swimmers include Johnny Weissmuller. As of April 2022, 1 new swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Robert Glință.
