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TOP 5 SWIMMERS (men)

        1. Michael Phelps

Phelps is the greatest swimmer of all time and one of the greatest athletes, born in 1985. This American has won 73 medals in major competitions, including the Olympic and World Games. Of those 73 medals he won, 59 are gold, 11 silver and 3 bronze.

Some of the medals he won at the Olympic Games were, in 2008 at the Pekin Olympics he surpassed Mark Spitz's record having won eight gold medals, also in 2012 he won six medals at the London Olympics. He also had a total of 39 records including 29 individual ones.

        2. Alexander Popov

Alexander is a Russian swimmer who was born in 1971 in Sverdlovsk. He is one of the best sprinters that nobody could beat, he managed to break some records in short distances in freestyle. He won eight Olympic medals, 4 of them gold and 5 silver. In championships he won 13 medals, 6 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze. At the European Championships he won 21 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.

        3. Ian Thorpe

Ian, also known as Thorpedo, was born in Sydney in 1982 and is an Australian national. He accumulated a total of 5 Olympic gold medals, he was the first Australian on earth to achieve this. In 2001 he became the first person to win 6 gold medals in a single world championship.

        4. Mark Spitz

Mark was born in California in 1950. He won 7 gold medals at the Munich Olympics, also set seven world records, became a legend, has been a source of inspiration for many other athletes since. 

      5. Ryan Lochte

Ryan was born in New York in 1984, broke several records, won many medals in several Olympic Games, both in 2004 and 2008 in different meters and styles, getting as many gold medals as silver.