Famous Swimmers

• Coughlin, Natalie

  The swimmer who won five medals at the 2004 Olympics

• Ederle, Gertrude

  The first woman to swim the English Channel

• Holm, Eleanor

  The Olympic swimmer kicked off the 1936 American team for partying

• Hosszu, Katinka

  The Hungarian swimmer known as the "Iron Lady"

• Ledecky, Katie

  The champion swimmer who won Olympic Gold at age 15

• Lochte, Ryan

  The Olympic swimmer who did not really get robbed in Rio de Janiero

• Murphy, Ryan (Swimmer)

  The backstroke champion at the Rio Olympics

• Phelps, Michael

  The swimmer who won a record 28 Olympic medals

• Torres, Dara

  The 41-year-old who swam at the 2008 Olympics

• Williams, Esther

  The swimming beauty who was a movie star in the 1940s

See: Index by Occupation