The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Sri Lanka
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Sri Lankan Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Sri Lankan Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Joyce Cooper (1909 - 2002)
With an HPI of 43.55, Joyce Cooper is the most famous Sri Lankan Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Margaret Joyce Cooper (18 April 1909 – 22 July 2002), later known by her married name Joyce Badcock, was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and European championships, and England at the British Empire Games, during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
2. David Wilkie (1954 - 2024)
With an HPI of 29.81, David Wilkie is the 2nd most famous Sri Lankan Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
David Andrew Wilkie (8 March 1954 – 22 May 2024) was a Scottish swimmer who was the Olympic 200m breaststroke champion in 1976, the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960. He is the only person to have held British, Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic swimming titles at the same time. Wilkie, a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame, has been described as Scotland's greatest and Britain's finest swimmer. Fellow Olympic breaststroke gold medallist Duncan Goodhew considered him an "extraordinary talent" and "one of Britain's greatest ever athletes".
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Sri Lankan swimmers born between 1909 and 1954. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Sri Lankan swimmers include Joyce Cooper, and David Wilkie. As of April 2024, 1 new Sri Lankan swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Joyce Cooper.
