SWIMMERS from Egypt

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. Deniz Ertan (b. 2004)

With an HPI of 8.84, Deniz Ertan is the most famous Egyptian Swimmer.  Her biography has been translated into 6 different languages on wikipedia.

Deniz Ertan (born 1 January 2004) is a Turkish swimmer specialized in freestyle swimming. She qualified for the 800 m freestyle event of the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also ranked third in the 800 m freestyle at the European Aquatics Championships on 18 June 2024. She is a member of Fenerbahçe Swimming. While living in Ankara, Turkey, Ertan attended TED Ankara College. She won the bronze medal in the 200m individual medley event at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan. After graduating in 2022, her collegiate swimming career began at Georgia Tech, where she swam under head coach Courtney Shealy Hart. From September 2023, she started swimming for coach Bob Bowman at Arizona State. She won the bronze medal with 8:34.31 in the 800 m freestyle event at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on 18 June 2024.

2. Jillian Crooks (b. 2006)

With an HPI of 3.15, Jillian Crooks is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Swimmer.  Her biography has been translated into 3 different languages.

Jillian Janis Geohagan Crooks (born 27 June 2006) is a Caymanian competitive swimmer. She is the Cayman Islands record holder in the 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre freestyle. She competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, placing 41st in the prelims heats.