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Swimming · Freestyle · France

Yannick Agnel

2008–2016 · Double Olympic champion in London 2012, including a famous relay anchor leg.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
83.1
Cultural & brand footprint 46/100 · total legacy 72.8
Olympic golds
2
Olympic medals
3
World Championship golds
3
European titles
7
200m personal best
1.4

Category profile

Dominance
84
Peak
94
Longevity
66
Honours
86
Statistics
86

Career timeline · Form index per season

SeasonForm index per seasonShare of career
20092
20104
20116
20128
20136
20143
20152
20161

Data sources

  • World Aquatics
  • Olympedia
  • IOC

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Yannick Agnel ranks #68 in Swimming

Yannick Agnel ranks 68th among Swimming athletes on GOAT Rank and 692nd of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 83.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 84, Peak 94, Longevity 66, Honours 86, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Swimming reference universe of 289 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.

The record covers 2008–2016 with 8 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2012, which sets the Peak component at 94. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 94 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes olympic golds 2, olympic medals 3, world championship golds 3, european titles 7.

Immediately ahead sits Siobhán Haughey on 83.4, a gap of 0.3 points. Directly behind is Tom Dolan on 83.1. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.

Yannick Agnel GOAT Score explained

Dominance84/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Agnel stood above the field while competing. Scored 84/100 against the full Swimming cohort.
Peak94/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2012. Scored 94/100.
Longevity66/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 8 years of competition and 8 recorded seasons. Scored 66/100.
Honours86/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.

Yannick Agnel — frequently asked

Is Yannick Agnel the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Yannick Agnel ranks 68th in Swimming with a GOAT Score of 83.1, behind Michael Phelps on 98.1.
What is Yannick Agnel's GOAT Score?
83.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 84 (25%), Peak 94 (20%), Longevity 66 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Yannick Agnel rank all time?
692nd of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 68th within Swimming.
Yannick Agnel vs Siobhán Haughey: who ranks higher?
Siobhán Haughey, on 83.4 against Yannick Agnel's 83.1 — a margin of 0.3 points.
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