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Jani Sievinen

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Jani Nikanor Sievinen (pronounced [ˈjɑni ˈsie̯ʋinen] ; born 31 March 1974) is a former medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In winning the World Championship 200m individual medley title in 1994, he established a new world record of 1:58.16 which lasted for almost nine years until it was broken by Michael Phelps (USA). Jani Sievinen was married to Mari Sievinen. They have three daughters (born 2008, 2010 and 2013). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Jani Sievinen is the 376th most popular swimmer (down from 325th in 2024), the 638th most popular biography from Finland (down from 605th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Jani Sievinen ranks 380 out of 709. Before him are Katrin Meissner, Andrea Fuentes, Domenico Fioravanti, Michelle Ford, David Popovici, Grant Hackett, Pavlo Khnykin, Teresa Perales, Brittany Elmslie, and Maya DiRado. After him are Yuliya Yefimova, and Anna-Karin Kammerling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Jani Sievinen ranks 1,010. Before him are Ai Fen, Marco Abreu, Simon Elliott, Fabinho, Manolo Poulot, and Samuel Caballero. After him are Marisabel Lomba, Toshiki Koike, Martina Zellner, Rob Dyrdek, Jerry Stackhouse, and Masao Kiba.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Jani Sievinen ranks 638 out of 751. Before him are Pekka Lagerblom (1982), Pekka Himanen (1973), Mika Kuusisto (1967), Jussi Jokinen (1983), Marko Yli-Hannuksela (1973), and Henkka Seppälä (1980). After him are Marko Anttila (1985), Kari Lehtonen (1983), Tuomo Ruutu (1983), Joona Toivio (1988), Valentin Kononen (1969), and Jessikka Aro (1980).

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Among SWIMMERS In Finland

Among swimmers born in Finland, Jani Sievinen ranks 2. Before him are Arvo Aaltonen (1892). After him are Antti Kasvio (1973), Hanna-Maria Seppälä (1984), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989), Matti Mattsson (1993), Emilia Pikkarainen (1992), Mimosa Jallow (1994), and Ida Hulkko (1998).

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