Swimming Names
“Olympic pools”
These names are shared with Olympic swimmers and record-breakers — the athletes who turn the pool into a stage every four years. Swimming is a Games centrepiece, and its stars become instant household names.
Ryan Lochte
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Caleb Dressel
Seven-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Natalie Coughlin
Twelve-time Olympic medalist swimmer
Allison Schmitt
Eight-time Olympic medalist swimmer
Ian Thorpe
Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Mark Spitz
Nine-time Olympic champion swimmer
Kaylee McKeown
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Katie Ledecky
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Diana Nyad
American author and record-breaking long-distance swimmer
Summer Sanders
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Did you know swimming produces some of the most decorated Olympians ever? Michael (Phelps), Katie (Ledecky), and Caeleb (Dressel) carry stacks of gold medals and world records between them.
Mckenzie Coan
American Paralympic gold medalist swimmer
Lilly King
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Kaitlin Sandeno
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Makenzie 'Mak' Schwenk
American Olympic swimmer
Jazmin Carlin
British Olympic swimmer and silver medalist
Chad Le Clos
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Dana Vollmer
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Kristin Otto
German Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Cierra Runge
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Alani Santos
Brazilian Paralympic swimmer
Madisyn Cox
American competitive swimmer and world medalist
Addyson Bell
Canadian competitive swimmer
Aileen Riggin
American competition swimmer and diver, Olympic gold medalist
Regan Smith
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Kierra Smith
Olympic swimmer for Canada
Maritza Correia
Olympic silver medalist swimmer
Cullen Jones
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Karlee Bispo
American competition swimmer
Annette Kellerman
Professional swimmer and film star
Tripp Schwenk
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
A swimming name suggests discipline, early mornings, and quiet determination — a fitting wish for a child, and a nod to one of the Olympics' most-watched events.
Yazmin Ruiz
Mexican Olympic synchronized swimmer
Kelsi Dahlia
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Lizeth Rueda
Mexican Olympic triathlete and open water swimmer
Jemma Lowe
British Olympic butterfly swimmer
Duke Kahanamoku
Olympic swimmer and father of modern surfing
Miya Tachibana
Japanese Olympic synchronized swimmer
Analia Pigrée
French competitive swimmer
Dawn Fraser
Australian Olympic champion swimmer
Dara Torres
Twelve-time Olympic medalist swimmer
Kendyl Stewart
American competitive swimmer and Pan American Games medalist
Melani Costa
Olympic freestyle swimmer from Spain
Rhyan White
Olympic silver medalist swimmer
Rowdy Gaines
Three-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Adrianne Lewis
Olympic swimmer
Hali Flickinger
Olympic medalist swimmer
Lisbeth Trickett
Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Keanna MacInnes
British championship swimmer
Janel Jorgensen
Olympic silver medalist swimmer
Therese Alshammar
Swedish Olympic swimmer and world record holder
Lyndsay DePaul
American Olympic swimmer
Yusra Mardini
Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee advocate
Clarke Scholes
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Lakeisha Patterson
Australian Paralympic gold medalist swimmer
Yazan Al-Bawwab
Olympic swimmer representing Palestine
Mirna Jukić
Olympic bronze medalist swimmer
Britta Steffen
German Olympic champion swimmer and world record holder
Eila Campbell
Record-breaking masters swimmer
Jaide Finnegan
Australian Paralympic swimmer
Raylene
Australian Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
Rehan Poncha
Indian Olympic swimmer
Shanel Daly
Jamaican competitive swimmer
Nyree Kindred
Welsh Paralympic swimmer and multi-gold medalist
Anny Robert
French Olympic swimmer
Kristel Köbrich
Chilean Olympic swimmer
Camelia Potec
Romanian Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Alida Bolten
Dutch Olympic swimmer
Caren Metschuck
German Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Lakisha Patterson
Paralympic gold medalist swimmer
Namir Al-Saeed
Iraqi Olympic swimmer
Bronte Campbell
Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Novella Calligaris
Olympic swimmer and first Italian to win a world title in swimming
Marleen Veldhuis
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Lilla Bardos
Hungarian swimmer
Eriel Tchekwie
Olympic swimmer from the Bahamas
Santo Condorelli
Olympic swimmer
Farida Osman
Egyptian competitive swimmer and Olympic athlete
Evangelia Platanioti
World champion artistic swimmer
Ilaria Bianchi
Olympic butterfly swimmer from Italy
Fatema Hameed Gerashi
Bahraini Olympic swimmer
Shaine Casas
American competitive swimmer and World Champion
Ona Carbonell
Spanish synchronized swimmer and Olympic medalist
Teona Bostashvili
Georgian Olympic swimmer
Delfina Pignatiello
Olympic swimmer from Argentina
Larsen Jensen
American Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Robel Kiros Habte
Ethiopian Olympic swimmer
Kenrick Monk
Australian Olympic swimmer
Keena Rothhammer
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Kieren Perkins
Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Sharron Davies
Olympic silver medalist swimmer
Marilee Stepan
Olympic bronze medalist swimmer
Missy Franklin
Five-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Kirsty Coventry
Olympic gold medalist swimmer from Zimbabwe
Jhoana Aguilar
Olympic swimmer from the Philippines
Ilsa Konrads
Australian Olympic swimmer and world record holder
Vasiliki Alexandri
Austrian synchronized swimmer
Nafisa Abdulla
Sudanese Olympic swimmer
Herlinda Sanchez
Mexican Olympic swimmer
Kaye Hall
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Sereen Juma
Jordanian Olympic swimmer
Lynna Labasada
International competitive swimmer
Antonios Pepanos
Greek swimmer and Olympic silver medalist
Caeleb Dressel
Seven-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Zaidan Al-Kohlani
Yemeni Olympic swimmer
Elka Graham
Olympic freestyle swimmer from Australia
Netanel Felber
Israeli Paralympic swimmer
Kareen Zebrouck
Belgian Olympic swimmer
Oreoluwa Cherebin
Olympic swimmer from Grenada
Kaio de Almeida
Olympic butterfly swimmer from Brazil
Elenor Gordon
Scottish Olympic swimmer and gold medalist
Massimiliano Rosolino
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Sayda Hernandez
Nicaraguan Olympic swimmer
Pieter van den Hoogenband
Triple Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Bashar Mounzer
Lebanese swimmer
Romelia Schlueter
Olympic swimmer from Paraguay
Jenine Froese
Canadian Olympic swimmer
Aliz Szokoly
Hungarian competitive swimmer
Albina Osipowich
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Jullien Moore
American professional swimmer
Sheina Magos
Olympic swimmer from Zimbabwe
Zubayr Hamad
Sudanese Olympic swimmer
Franko Grgić
Croatian Olympic swimmer
Fajr Al-Khelaifi
Qatari swimmer
Sajan Prakash
Indian Olympic swimmer
Nihar Ameen
Renowned Indian swimming coach
Kristof Milak
Hungarian Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Karem Achach
Mexican synchronized swimmer
Federica Pellegrini
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Solenne Figuès
Olympic bronze medalist swimmer
Ziv Kalontarov
Israeli Olympic swimmer and European Games gold medalist
Sheron Davies
Olympic silver medalist swimmer
Apolonio Castillo
Mexican Olympic swimmer
Mailin Wichmann
German competitive swimmer
Daichi Suzuki
Olympic gold medalist in swimming
Aliyyah Handi
Jordanian Olympic swimmer
Leenah Al-Faki
Sudanese Olympic swimmer
Stela Pura
Olympic swimmer from Romania
Zhi Pan
Professional swimmer
Natallia Marachanka
Olympic swimmer
Bowe Becker
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Amany Abeid
Egyptian Olympic swimmer
Tharon Drake
American Paralympic swimmer
Vedaant Madhavan
Indian competitive swimmer and son of actor R. Madhavan
Abdulrahim Al-Kourd
Palestinian Olympic swimmer
Bhakti Sharma
Indian open water swimmer and record holder
Daiya Seto
Olympic bronze medalist swimmer
Josia Topf
German Paralympic swimmer
Franziska van Almsick
German Olympic swimmer and world record holder
Radwan Yasser
Egyptian Olympic swimmer
Niranjan Mukundan
Indian para-swimmer and world record holder
Srihari Nataraj
Indian Olympic swimmer
Nel van Vliet
Dutch Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Keltie Duggan
Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Canada
Keiren Perkins
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Hanae Ito
Olympic backstroke swimmer
Ghadeer Freeh
Jordanian Olympic swimmer
Atina Bojadži
Marathon swimmer known as the 'Ohrid Dolphin'
Hang Nguyen
Vietnamese professional swimmer
Vitalina Simonova
Russian competitive swimmer
Jolanda de Rover
Olympic gold medalist swimmer from the Netherlands
Momen El-Quasny
Egyptian Olympic swimmer
Danyon Loader
Olympic gold medalist swimmer from New Zealand
Daryna Zevina
Ukrainian Olympic backstroke swimmer
Suyash Jadhav
Indian Paralympic swimmer
Taiana Gabis
Tongan Olympic swimmer
Eirini Kavarnou
Olympic swimmer from Greece
Laure Manaudou
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Tamas Darnyi
Four-time Olympic champion swimmer
Hamse Abdouh
Palestinian Olympic swimmer
Zuhra Ramdan Saed Al-Gharbi
Libyan Olympic swimmer
Yuliya Efimova
Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Annamay Pierse
Canadian Olympic swimmer and former world record holder
Rubab Raza
Olympic swimmer from Pakistan
Kornelia Ender
East German Olympic gold medalist swimmer
Lema Ghowari
Jordanian Olympic swimmer
Kirstine Smith
Danish Olympic swimmer
Suria Magui
Mozambican Olympic swimmer
Tauna Vandeweghe
Olympic swimmer and mother of tennis player Coco Vandeweghe
Yixin Jiang
Chinese Paralympic swimmer
Yoandry Iriarte
Cuban Olympic swimmer