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Cerasuolo vs Balmy

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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
🇮🇹 Cerasuolo0055119357545
🇫🇷 Balmy0048106252678

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.

MetricCerasuoloActiveBalmyRetired
World Championship titles1
European medals2
Italian national titles5
Personal best 50 m breast (s)26.54
Global finals contested3
Olympic medals1
European titles2
World Championship medals1
French records set8
Olympic Games contested3
Dominance w25%7470
Peak w20%8882
Longevity w20%6278
Honours w20%7876
Statistics w15%7876

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

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