Category
page 1Swimmers at the 2012 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)
Camille Muffat
French swimmer (1989–2015)
Sarah Sjöström
Swedish swimmer
Katinka Hosszú
Hungarian swimmer
Stephanie Rice
Australian swimmer
Sun Yang
Chinese swimmer
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Female swimmer from Belarus
Missy Franklin
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Federica Pellegrini
Italian swimmer (1988)
László Cseh
Hungarian swimmer
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Dutch swimmer
Britta Steffen
German swimmer
Julia Efimova
Russian swimmer
Florent Manaudou
French swimmer
Joseph Schooling
Singaporean swimmer and Olympic medalist
Milorad Čavić
Serbian swimmer
Rebecca Soni
American swimmer
Natalie Coughlin
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
César Cielo
Brazilian swimmer
Chad le Clos
South African swimmer
Paul Biedermann
German swimmer
Mireia Belmonte
Spanish swimmer
Ye Shiwen
Chinese swimmer
Yannick Agnel
French swimmer
Alain Bernard
French swimmer
Laure Manaudou
French swimmer (born 1986)
Nathan Adrian
American swimmer
Allison Schmitt
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Park Tae-Hwan
South Korean 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
Leisel Jones
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder
Rebecca Adlington
British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist
Gregorio Paltrinieri
Italian swimmer
Farida Osman
Egyptian swimmer
Cameron McEvoy
Australian swimmer
Libby Trickett
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, world record-holder
Pernille Blume
Danish swimmer
Wang Shun
Chinese swimmer
Otylia Jędrzejczak
Polish swimmer
Dániel Gyurta
Hungarian breaststroke swimmer
Oussama Mellouli
Tunisian swimmer
Jason Lezak
American swimmer
Lotte Friis
Danish swimmer
Cameron van der Burgh
South African Olympic swimmer
Kosuke Kitajima
Japanese swimmer
Marleen Veldhuis
Dutch swimmer
Kosuke Hagino
Japanese swimmer
Bronte Campbell
Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder
Xu Jiayu
Chinese swimmer
Fu Yuanhui
Chinese swimmer
Matt Grevers
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Jessica Hardy
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder
Anthony Ervin
American swimmer
Inge Dekker
Dutch swimmer
Emily Seebohm
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder