JOHNNY "TARZAN" WEISMULLER
The world's best swimmer during 1920's
He won 5 Olympic gold
medals as well as a bronze medal. Plus, he also set 67 world records and has
never lost a single swimming race, retiring from his swimming career undefeated.
DAWN FRASER
The greatest female
swimmer in the world, being the first woman who swam the 100-meter event in
less than a minute
She shot into
international fame at the Melbourne Olympics held in 1956 when she broke the
100-meter freestyle record, which was set 20 years back by Willy Den Ouden
Just 18 years of age,
she won 3 medals from her first Olympic games.
IAN THROPE
An Australian, Ian
Thorpe has won 5 Olympic golds as well as 11 gold medals in the World
Championships
He has been nominated
four times as the World Swimmer of the Year by the Swimming World International
magazine
JENNIFER BETH THOMPSON
She has won 12
Olympic medals, which includes 8 golds, while she represented the United States
in the Summer Olympics of 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004.
She is the most
decorated Olympic swimmers in history.
MARK SPITZ
Born in 1950, he has
won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, setting world records in
all of the seven events.
He is one of the all time greatest
athletes, he was named the swimmer of the year in 1969, 1971, and 1972.
Plus,
the Sports Illustrated Magazine voted him one of the greatest Olympians and the
athlete of the century in 2000.
In addition, the International Olympic
Committee has named him as one of the 5 athletes of the century.
MICHAEL PHELPS
He is a holder of
world records in a number of events. Amongst his achievements are the 8 medals
he won at the Summer Olympics of 2004 held in Athens, of which 6 were gold.
He
was named the World Swimmer of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007.
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