Category
page 1Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Michael Phelps
American swimmer (born 1985)
Kirsty Coventry
Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward is a Zimbabwean politician, sports administrator, and former competitive swimmer who is the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She has served as the president of the IOC since 23 June 2025, and is the first woman, the first Zimbabwean, and the first African to hold the office, while also only the second non-European president of the IOC, following Avery Brundage who left office in 1972. Coventry served in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe from September 2018 to March 2025 as the Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation until September 2023 and then as Minister of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture. A former Olympic swimmer and world record holder, she is the most decorated African Olympian.
Katie Ledecky
American Olympic swimmer
Ryan Lochte
American swimmer
Rūta Meilutytė
Lithuanian swimmer (born 1997)
Yusra Mardini
german syrian swimmer
Sarah Sjöström
Swedish swimmer
Katinka Hosszú
Hungarian swimmer
Sun Yang
Chinese swimmer
Missy Franklin
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Adam Peaty
British swimmer
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Female swimmer from Belarus
Caeleb Dressel
American swimmer
Federica Pellegrini
Italian swimmer (1988)
László Cseh
Hungarian swimmer
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Dutch swimmer
Emma McKeon
Australian swimmer (born 1994)
Julia Efimova
Russian swimmer
Florent Manaudou
French swimmer
Joseph Schooling
Singaporean swimmer and Olympic medalist
Paul Biedermann
German swimmer
Chad le Clos
South African swimmer
Nathan Adrian
American swimmer
Mireia Belmonte
Spanish swimmer
Park Tae-Hwan
South Korean swimmer
Yannick Agnel
French swimmer
Allison Schmitt
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Ye Shiwen
Chinese swimmer
Cate Campbell
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
Dana Vollmer
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Ryan Murphy
American swimmer
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Italian swimmer
Wang Shun
Chinese swimmer
Mack Horton
Australian freestyle swimmer
Cameron McEvoy
Australian swimmer
Penny Oleksiak
Canadian swimmer (2000-)
Farida Osman
Egyptian swimmer
Lilly King
American swimmer
Pernille Blume
Danish swimmer
Zhang Yufei
Chinese swimmer (born 1998)
Oussama Mellouli
Tunisian swimmer
Lotte Friis
Danish swimmer
Dániel Gyurta
Hungarian breaststroke swimmer
Cameron van der Burgh
South African Olympic swimmer
Bronte Campbell
Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder
Simone Manuel
American swimmer
Kosuke Hagino
Japanese swimmer
Mykhailo Romanchuk
Ukrainian swimmer
Siobhán Haughey
Hong Kong female swimmer
Kyle Chalmers
Australian swimmer
Duncan Scott
Scottish swimmer
Fu Yuanhui
Chinese swimmer
Xu Jiayu
Chinese swimmer
Anthony Ervin
American swimmer
Therese Alshammar
Swedish swimmer
Inge Dekker
Dutch swimmer
James Guy
British swimmer
Ryosuke Irie
Japanese swimmer
Florian Wellbrock
German swimmer
Emily Seebohm
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder