ISHOF Announces Star-Studded Class of 2025; Ryan Lochte, Anthony Ervin Among Honorees
ISHOF is thrilled to announce that it will be hosting its 60th Anniversary Honoree Induction Ceremony in Singapore in conjunction with the World Aquatics World Championships, Monday, July 28, 2025, at the Park Royal Collection, Marina Bay, Singapore.
We are looking forward to welcoming the World of Aquatics, including many of our Honorees, as well as our friends in aquatics, to help us celebrate this special Class of 2025 to ISHOF’s “Diamond Anniversary.” To accommodate the busy World Championships schedule, we will be hosting the Induction at a luncheon, just as swimming and diving are getting underway in Singapore.
The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) is proud to announce its truly international Class of 2025. This year, ISHOF will induct 11 honorees from nine countries. In addition, ISHOF will be inducting Honorees from four new countries that we have never had Honorees inducted from before – Kuwait, India, Tunisia, and Singapore.
This year’s International Swimming Hall of Fame honorees include: HONOR SWIMMERS: Anthony Ervin (USA), Ryan Lochte (USA), Federica Pellegrini (ITA), and Joseph Schooling (SIN); OPEN WATER SWIMMER: Ous Mellouli (TUN), DIVER: Chen Ruolin (CHN), WATER POLO PLAYER: Endre “Bandi” Molnar (HUN), SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER: Andrea Fuentes (ESP/USA), COACH: Gregg Troy (USA), CONTRIBUTOR: Captain Husain AL Musallam (KUW), PIONEER: Sachin Nag* (IND)
*deceased
Anthony “Tony” Ervin (USA) has been called one of the most naturally gifted swimmers to ever compete, a two-time Olympian, with four Olympic medals, three gold and one silver. His titles in the 50-meter freestyle arrived 16 years apart, spanning 2000-2016.
Ryan Lochte (USA) is a 12-time Olympic medalist, making him the third-most decorated swimmer in Olympic history, measured by total number of medals, behind only Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky. Lochte’s seven individual Olympic medals rank second in history in men’s swimming, tied for second among all Olympic swimmers.
Federica Pellegrini (ITA) is the only swimmer − male or female − to have won eight medals in a row in the same event, the 200-meter freestyle, at the World Championships. In addition, she is the FIRST female Italian Olympic swimming champion and the only Italian swimmer to have set world records in more than one event. At the 2020 Olympic Games, she became the FIRST FEMALE SWIMMER to qualify for five consecutive Olympic finals in the same event, the 200m freestyle.
Joseph Schooling (SIN), known as Singapore’s Flying Fish, he is the only person, male or female to win a gold medal in Olympic competition, in any sport, for the country of Singapore. It just so happens that it was at the Rio Olympic Games, in 2016, in the 100-meter butterfly, where he beat his idol, the greatest Olympian of all-time, Michael Phelps.
Chen Ruolin (CHN) isa five-time Olympic gold medalist in the sport of diving on the 10-meter platform, competing in three Olympic Games: 2008, 2012, and 2016. She won 100 medals in major competitions, 84 of which were gold, 14 silver and 2 bronze.
Andrea Fuentes (ESP/USA) is the most decorated swimmer in the history of the Spanish National team. She won a total of four Olympic medals, three silver and a bronze from two Olympic Games, London, 2012 and Beijing, 2008, as a member of the Spanish Synchronized swimming Team.
Endre “Bandi” Molnar (HUN) was a goalkeeper for Hungary in the 1970’s, when Hungary was a powerhouse. He was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world at the time. He is one of only eight male athletes who won four or more Olympic medals in water polo- (1976-gold, 1972-silver, 1968-bronze, 1980-bronze). He is a World Champion (1973), with two silver medals, and a two-time European Champion (1974, 1977). Molnar was teammates with some of the greatest water polo players of all time, including ISHOF Honorees, Tamas Farago, Istvan Szivos and Andras Bodnar.
Oussama “Ous” Mellouli (TUN) is a three-time Olympic medalist who competed not only in the freestyle and IM races in the pool, but also in professional marathon swims and international open water swimming competitions. The world’s most successful crossover swimmer, who at the 2012 London Olympic Games, established the “Mellouli Double”, when, he won the 10 km open water event in the Serpentine, five days after winning the bronze in the 1500m freestyle in the pool.
Gregg Troy (USA) is a three-time Olympic Coach for the USA, 1996, 2008 and 2012. He has coached many Olympians and Olympic gold medalists including Ryan Lochte, Caeleb Dressel and Elizabeth Beisel to name a just few. He was the Head Coach of the Bolles School, 1977-1997, and the University of Florida Gators from 1998-2018, winning the Women’s NCAA’s in 2010.
Captain Husain AL MUSALLAM (KUW) began serving the world of sport as an Olympic Counsel of Asia Member in 1982. He began his tenure at FINA as a Bureau Member in 1996 through 2009, also serving simultaneously as Deputy Director General and Technical Director, on the Olympic Counsel of Asia (1998-2003). He was promoted to FINA Vice President (2009-2015); Also serving as DIRECTOR GENERAL, OLYMPIC COUNEL OF ASIA: (2005-PRESENT); He served as World Aquatics First Vice President (2015-2021); He is the Current President of World Aquatics (2021-Present) and Secretary General, Kuwaiti Olympic Committee: (2023-2027).
Sachin NAG* (IND) is India’s only gold medal winner in swimming at the Asian Games. As importantly, he also finished in sixth place at the 1948 London Olympics in the 100m freestyle event, also competing for the Indian water polo team, scoring four goals. He would also go on to compete in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, representing India in water polo. Following his incredible achievements in the pool, he would train future generations of Indian swimmers — including Arati Saha, the first Asian woman to cross the English Channel in 1959, and Nafisa Ali, a national champion in the early 1970s who is a well-known Indian actress, politician, activist and former beauty pageant titleholder.
Coincidentally, as ISHOF celebrates its 60th Honoree Induction and Diamond Anniversary, the country of Singapore is also celebrating its 60th Year of Independence during 2025. Hosting the World Aquatics World Championships is one of the major events in Singapore’s year-long celebration.
To read more about Singapore’s year-long celebration, click here: https://www.visitsingapore.com/whats-happening/all-happenings/?anchorid=Events
World Aquatics World Championship info, click here: https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/4725/world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025
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