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Gérard Blitz

1901 - 1979

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Gérard Blitz (1 August 1901 – 8 March 1979) was a Belgian Olympic swimmer and water polo player who competed at the 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics. He was the younger brother of Maurice Blitz, also a water polo player, and uncle of Gérard Blitz who founded Club Med in 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gérard Blitz is the 55th most popular swimmer (down from 33rd in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 710th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Gérard Blitz ranks 55 out of 709. Before him are Steve Clark, Kusuo Kitamura, Kathy Ellis, Pontus Hanson, Erich Rademacher, and Margaret Woodbridge. After him are Greta Andersen, Helene Madison, Hilde Schrader, Clarke Scholes, Jeff Farrell, and Emil Rausch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Gérard Blitz ranks 219. Before him are Gustav Machatý, Lajos Dinnyés, Francisco Ascaso, Juan García Oliver, Curt Bois, and Erich Rademacher. After him are Óscar Diego Gestido, Carl Joachim Friedrich, José Planas, Franco Rasetti, Åke Borg, and Sergey Obraztsov. Among people deceased in 1979, Gérard Blitz ranks 175. Before him are František Kriegel, Waloddi Weibull, Dany Dauberson, Grant Green, Leandro Remondini, and Erich Rademacher. After him are István Bibó, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Anatoly Kuznetsov, I. A. Richards, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, and Pyotr Gavrilov.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gérard Blitz ranks 664 out of 1,646. Before him are Dirck Barendsz (1534), Peter Post (1933), Ramon Dekkers (1969), Frans van der Lugt (1938), Willem Johan Kolff (1911), and Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau (1770). After him are Heintje Simons (1955), Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944), Simeon ten Holt (1923), Jan van de Cappelle (1624), Stien Kaiser (1938), and Leonardus Nardus (1868).

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Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Gérard Blitz ranks 3. Before him are Rie Mastenbroek (1919), and Willy den Ouden (1918). After him are Marie Braun (1911), Nida Senff (1920), Tini Wagner (1919), Ada Kok (1947), Nel van Vliet (1926), Maria Vierdag (1905), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (1925), and Inge de Bruijn (1973).

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