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Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher

1925 - 2014

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Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (24 February 1925 – 8 January 2014) was a freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands who won two medals at the Summer Olympics. After having claimed the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in London (1948), she won the silver medal four years later in Helsinki, Finland, in the same event. Individually, she was sixth in the 100 m freestyle at both games. She also won two gold and two silver medals at the 1947 and 1950 European Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher is the 174th most popular swimmer (down from 106th in 2019), the 969th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 922nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher ranks 174 out of 709Before her are Katsuo Takaishi, Debbie Meyer, Eleanor Holm, Caeleb Dressel, Shirley Stobs, and Julius Frey. After her are Krisztina Egerszegi, Raymond Thorne, John Konrads, Amedee Reyburn, Anthony Nesty, and Valerie Davies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher ranks 487Before her are Edward F. Moore, Howard Baker, Eric Fleming, Martin David Kruskal, Tony Hillerman, and G. William Miller. After her are Doc Pomus, Shelley Berman, Eduardo Risso, Merv Griffin, Medea Jugeli, and Kurt Lundquist. Among people deceased in 2014, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher ranks 486Before her are Uroš Marović, Jeremiah Denton, Wayne Static, Stanisław Barańczak, Álex Angulo, and Iveta Bartošová. After her are Franca Falcucci, Anjali Devi, Jacques Bergerac, Rik Mayall, Béla Várady, and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher ranks 969 out of 1,646Before her are Harry Lubse (1951), Ferry Corsten (1973), Annemiek van Vleuten (1982), Hardwell (1988), Joseph Smit (1836), and Nathan Aké (1995). After her are Meindert DeJong (1906), Peter Winnen (1957), Dries van der Lof (1919), Robert Doornbos (1981), Quincy Promes (1992), and Maxime Verhagen (1956).

Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher ranks 11Before her are Nida Senff (1920), Tini Wagner (1919), Ada Kok (1947), Nel van Vliet (1926), Maria Vierdag (1905), and Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978). After her are Inge de Bruijn (1973), Petra van Staveren (1966), Jolanda de Rover (1963), Marleen Veldhuis (1979), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1990), and Inge Dekker (1985).