The Most Famous

SWIMMERS from Switzerland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 6 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 32nd most number of Swimmers behind Argentina, and Slovenia.

Top 6

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

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1. Roman Mityukov (b. 2000)

With an HPI of 38.84, Roman Mityukov is the most famous Swiss Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.

Roman Mityukov (born 30 July 2000) is a Swiss swimmer specialized in backstroke. He won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships, and a bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting a new Swiss national record.

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2. Noè Ponti (b. 2001)

With an HPI of 36.13, Noè Ponti is the 2nd most famous Swiss Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Noè Ponti (born 1 June 2001) is a Swiss swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the 100 meter butterfly at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. At the 2024 short course World Aquatics Ponti won three gold medals, and set world records in the 50 and 100 meter butterfly events.

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3. Jérémy Desplanches (b. 1994)

With an HPI of 34.36, Jérémy Desplanches is the 3rd most famous Swiss Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Jérémy Desplanches (born 7 August 1994) is a Swiss breaststroke and medley swimmer. He competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and was finalist at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. He won the men's 200m Individual Medley final at the Glasgow 2018 European Swimming Championships in Glasgow and got silver in men's 200m individual medley at the 18th FINA World Championships in Gwangju. He's the second male swimmer from Switzerland to claim a medal at the FINA World Championships, after Dano Halsall in the men's 50m freestyle in 1986. He represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in the men's 200m individual medley.

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4. Antonio Djakovic (b. 2002)

With an HPI of 26.47, Antonio Djakovic is the 4th most famous Swiss Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into 11 different languages.

Antonio Djakovic (born 8 October 2002) is a Swiss freestyle swimmer. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. He competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. He made the final of the men's 400 m freestyle at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. At the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) he won bronze in the 400 metres freestyle. He has won four medals at the European Championships. He won silver in the 200 metres freestyle and the 400 metres freestyle at the 2022 European Championships and bronze in the same events at the 2024 edition. His parents, Goran and Kata are of Croatian origin. His sister, Vanna is also a swimmer.

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5. Nils Liess (b. 1996)

With an HPI of 15.17, Nils Liess is the 5th most famous Swiss Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into 6 different languages.

Nils Liess (born 24 August 1996) is a Swiss swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2014, he represented Switzerland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.

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6. María Schutzmeier (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 3.01, María Schutzmeier is the 6th most famous Swiss Swimmer.  Her biography has been translated into 3 different languages.

María Victoria Schutzmeier (born 29 October 1999) is a Nicaraguan swimmer. Born in Germany, she represents Nicaragua internationally. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. In 2021, she competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

People

Pantheon has 6 people classified as Swiss swimmers born between 1994 and 2002. Of these 6, 6 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Swiss swimmers include Roman Mityukov, Noè Ponti, and Jérémy Desplanches. As of April 2024, 4 new Swiss swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Roman Mityukov, Antonio Djakovic, and Nils Liess.

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