The phrase "a former swimmer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who used to swim competitively or regularly but no longer does.
Example: "After years of training, she became a coach, drawing on her experience as a former swimmer."
Alternatives: "an ex-swimmer" or "a past swimmer."
Amber Rais, 27, is a former swimmer at Stanford, where she earned a master's degree in oceanography.
As he says, "I'm a former swimmer who enjoyed what he did and got to do it for a long time".
As a former swimmer, she was most interested in the water sports, and I was lucky enough to get tickets to the diving.
Some of their verbal skill and athletic talent comes from their mother, a former swimmer who speaks German and Spanish and tried out for the 1968 Olympic team.
Whitney, a former swimmer who narrowly missed making the 1996 Olympic team, read Phelps's lips on the Jumbotron and immediately sent him a text message.
The honour of making canoeing history went to Chippington, a former swimmer whose previous gold came in Atlanta 20 years ago, and her slender victory in the KL1 final sparked a stunning hour of success for Great Britain's female canoeists.
"The message we want to send is … 'If you try this again, we will shoot you.'" Turner, a 21-year-old former swimmer at the elite northern California university, was caught assaulting a woman by a dumpster outside a fraternity party in January 2015.
The case has garnered international attention since the survivor released the powerful statement she delivered to her assailant, Brock Turner, in court after a judge sentenced the former swimmer to only six months in county jail.
49 Sarah Storey Cyclist and former swimmer After a very successful decade as a Paralympic swimmer, Storey switched to cycling in 2005, collecting gold medals and setting world records.
Prince Albert II of Monaco has married South African former swimmer Charlene Wittstock in a religious ceremony, after Friday's civil wedding.
Ervin, a former Cal swimmer, trained with the Cal women's team late last year.
