The Most Famous
SWIMMERS from French Guiana
This page contains a list of the greatest French Guianese Swimmers. The pantheon dataset contains 709 Swimmers, 2 of which were born in French Guiana. This makes French Guiana the birth place of the 62nd most number of Swimmers behind New Caledonia, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Guianese Swimmers of all time. This list of famous French Guianese Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Mehdy Metella (b. 1992)
With an HPI of 36.29, Mehdy Metella is the most famous French Guianese Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Mehdy Metella (born 17 July 1992) is a French freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He was part of the freestyle and medley 4 × 100 m teams that won a gold and a silver medal at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships and gold and bronze at the 2015 World Championship. In both cases, he swam the butterfly leg in the medley relay. He also won multiple medals in the World and European Short Course swimming events. He is the French record holder of the 100m butterfly long course, with a time of 51.06. In the French swimming championships in Rennes he broke his own national record in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 50s85’’.
2. Malia Metella (b. 1982)
With an HPI of 35.58, Malia Metella is the 2nd most famous French Guianese Swimmer. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Malia Metella (born 23 February 1982 in Cayenne, French Guiana) is a French Olympic freestyle swimmer from French Guiana. She swam for France at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2004 in the women's 50 free. She won her first senior titles at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2003 in Dublin, Ireland. Her younger brother Mehdy Metella is also a world-class swimmer.
3. Steven Aimable (b. 1999)
With an HPI of 14.65, Steven Aimable is the 3rd most famous French Guianese Swimmer. His biography has been translated into 5 different languages.
Steven Aimable (born 7 February 1999 in Cayenne) is a Senegalese swimmer. In 2019, he represented Senegal at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. In the men's 50 metre backstroke he finished in 46th place in the heats. In the same year, he also represented Senegal at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. His best result came in the men's 100 metre butterfly event where he finished in 7th place in the final. In the men's 50 metre freestyle, men's 100 metre freestyle, men's 50 metre backstroke and men's 50 metre butterfly events he did not qualify to compete in the final. In 2021, he competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
People
Pantheon has 3 people classified as French Guianese swimmers born between 1982 and 1999. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living French Guianese swimmers include Mehdy Metella, Malia Metella, and Steven Aimable. As of April 2024, 1 new French Guianese swimmers have been added to Pantheon including Malia Metella.
Living French Guianese Swimmers
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Mehdy Metella
1992 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Malia Metella
1982 - Present
HPI: 35.58
Steven Aimable
1999 - Present
HPI: 14.65
