The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from Switzerland
This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 392 Swimmers, 2 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 30th most number of Swimmers behind Serbia and Slovenia.
Top 2
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.
1. Jérémy Desplanches (1994 - )
With an HPI of 25.72, Jérémy Desplanches is the most famous Swiss Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
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.
2. Noè Ponti (2001 - )
With an HPI of 21.56, Noè Ponti is the 2nd most famous Swiss Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Noè Ponti (born 1 June 2001) is a Swiss swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as swimmers born between 1994 and 2001. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living swimmers include Jérémy Desplanches and Noè Ponti. As of April 2022, 2 new swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Jérémy Desplanches and Noè Ponti.
