Swimming may not be the most popular sport in the world and is most watched during big sport events such as the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics. Swimmers can be seen as better than other swimmers due to the amount of medals they have won but sometimes this is not the case. Swimmers may not earn as much money as football or rugby players but they still put the time and effort for their sport. Okay now moving on to the list.
Kristina Egerszegi
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Kristina Egerszegi was born on Aug. 16, 1974 so she is now 24. She started swimming at the age of 4 and has had many years of swimming training. She has competed in 3 separate Olympics and has won 7 medals, 5 of them were gold. She is well known for her backstroke and she holds the world record for the 200m backstroke. She is also an inductee of the International Swimming Hall Of Fame
Johnny Weissmuller
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Johnny Weismuller was born on June 2 1904. He was an American swimmer and actor. He was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920's. He has one five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He has set 67 world records and that is amazing. He also played Tarzan and he played in 12 motion pictures (Just Thought You Would Want To Know)
Ian James Thorpe
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Thorpe has a nickname of “Thorpedo” because of his amazing speed. He has competed in Two Olympic Games and won nine medals, five of these were gold. He holds the record for the 200m and 400m freestyle events. He has also been World Swimmer of The Year Four Times.
Matthew Nicholas Biondi
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Biondi has won a total of 11 Olympic records and 8 of them are gold. In one Olympic games he won 7 medals and 5 of them were gold. He was Swimmer of The Year Two Times.
Mark Spitz
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Spitz has won a total of 11 Olympic medals. He started swimming at the age of 9. He was the holder of 10 world records at one time in his professional career and in one Olympics in 1972 he won 7 gold medals and broke a world record for every gold medal he won!
