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Balmy vs Cerasuolo

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BalmyWinner
76.1

Balmy wins: Longevity

Cerasuolo
75.8

Cerasuolo wins: Dominance, Peak, Honours, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇫🇷 Coralie Balmy
76.1

Balmy leads in 1 of 5 weighted categories. European 400 m freestyle champion in 2008 and Olympic relay bronze medallist in 2012.

1. Coralie Balmy
76.1
2. Simone Cerasuolo
75.8

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇮🇹 Simone Cerasuolo5 seasons played · career day 1,825357 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇫🇷 Coralie Balmy5 seasons played · career day 1,826346 major golds
-3.1% vs Cerasuolo at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇫🇷 Balmy0048106252678
🇮🇹 Cerasuolo0055119357545

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricBalmyRetiredCerasuoloActive
Olympic medals1
European titles2
World Championship medals1
French records set8
Olympic Games contested3
World Championship titles1
European medals2
Italian national titles5
Personal best 50 m breast (s)26.54
Global finals contested3
Dominance w25%7074
Peak w20%8288
Longevity w20%7862
Honours w20%7678
Statistics w15%7678

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GOAT Rank · the data
Balmy76.1
Cerasuolo75.8
The people
Balmy
Cerasuolo

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