Swimmer most commonly refers to a participant in: *

Swimming (sport) Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

competition *

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

Swimmer or swimmers may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Films

* ''The Swimmer'' (1968 film), an American surreal drama film based on John Cheever's story, starring Burt Lancaster * ''Swimmers'' (2005 film), an American independent drama film starring Sarah Paulson, Cherry Jones, and Shawn Hatosy * ''Swimmer'' (2012 film), a Scottish short film * The Swimmer, a 2021 film by

Strand Releasing Strand Releasing is an American film production company founded in 1989 and is based in Culver City, California. The company has distributed over 300 auteur-driven titles from acclaimed international and American directors such as Apichatpong Wee ...

* ''The Swimmers'' (2022 film), an American drama film

Games

* ''Swimmer'' (video game), a 1982 arcade game

Literature

* "The Swimmer" (poem), an 1899 poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon * "The Swimmer" (short story), a 1964 short story by John Cheever * ''The Swimmers'', a 2022 novel by

Julie Otsuka Julie Otsuka is an American author. Biography Otsuka was born in 1962, in Palo Alto, California. Her father worked as an aerospace engineer and her mother worked as a lab technician before she gave birth to Otsuka. Both of her parents were of Ja ...

Music and dance

The Swimmers The Swimmers are an American four-piece rock band from Philadelphia and include drums, guitar, keyboard (or synth more recently), and bass. They are signed to Drexel University's MAD Dragon Records and released their first album, ''Fighting Tre ...

, a four-piece rock band from Philadelphia *

SWMRS SWMRS (formerly Emily's Army), pronounced 'swimmers', are an American punk rock band formed in Piedmont, California in 2004 by Cole Becker and Joey Armstrong, with Becker's brother Max Becker joining only a few weeks afterwards. They drew on a m ...

, an American punk band * ''Swimmer'' (ballet), a ballet by Yuri Possokhov based on the short story by John Cheever

Albums

* ''Swimmer'' (Tennis album), a 2020 album * ''Swimmer'' (The Big Dish album), a 1986 album * ''Swimming'' (Mac Miller album), a 2018 album

Songs

* "Swimmers", by Broken Social Scene from the 2005 album ''

Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene is a Canadians, Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew (vocals, guitar) and Brendan Canning (vocals, bass) in 1999. Alongside Drew and Cannin ...

'' * "The Swimmer", by Sleater-Kinney from the 2000 album ''

All Hands on the Bad One ''All Hands on the Bad One'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Sleater-Kinney, released on May 2, 2000, by Kill Rock Stars. The album was produced by John Goodmanson and recorded from December 1999 to January 2000 at Jackpot! St ...

'' * "The Swimmer", by Jarrod Alonge from the 2015 album ''

Beating a Dead Horse Flogging a dead horse (or beating a dead horse in American English) is an idiom ascribed to Anglophones which means that a particular effort is futile, being a waste of time without a positive outcome, e.g. such as flogging a dead horse, which ...

People

Amanda Swimmer Amanda Sequoyah Swimmer (October 27, 1921 – November 24, 2018) was an Eastern Band Cherokee potter. Swimmer's career focused on coil-built Cherokee pottery, and she worked to determine the name and function of these vessels. She was recognized i ...

(1921–2018), American Cherokee potter *

Darren Swimmer Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer are an American screenwriting and producing duo. They have generally worked in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. They have served as showrunners for the TV shows ''Smallville'', ''Melrose Place'', ''Shadowhu ...

, American screenwriter and producer *

Ross Swimmer Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sout ...

(born 1943), former Special Trustee for American Indians at the U.S. Department of the Interior *

Saul Swimmer Saul Swimmer (April 25, 1936 – March 3, 2007)Saul Swimmer
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Swimmer (BEAM) BEAM robotics (from biology, electronics, aesthetics and mechanics) is a style of robotics that primarily uses simple analogue circuits, such as comparators, instead of a microprocessor in order to produce an unusually simple design. While not as f ...

, a type of aquatic robot