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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Jani Sievinen is the 358th most popular swimmer (down from 323rd in 2019), the 607th most popular biography from Finland (down from 606th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Jani Sievinen ranks 358 out of 709. Before him are Domenico Fioravanti, Michelle Ford, David Popovici, Grant Hackett, Brittany Elmslie, and Maya DiRado. After him are Yuliya Yefimova, Anna-Karin Kammerling, Massimiliano Rosolino, Ágnes Kovács, Kristóf Milák, and Rowdy Gaines.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Jani Sievinen ranks 905. Before him are Pedro Horrillo, Ai Fen, Marco Abreu, Simon Elliott, Fabinho, and Manolo Poulot. After him are Toshiki Koike, Martina Zellner, Rob Dyrdek, Jerry Stackhouse, Masao Kiba, and Vince Spadea.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Jani Sievinen ranks 607 out of 751. Before him are Janne Niinimaa (1975), Anssi Koivuranta (1988), Pekka Lagerblom (1982), 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 Antti Aalto (1975).

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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 Hanna-Maria Seppälä (1984), Ari-Pekka Liukkonen (1989), Matti Mattsson (1993), Mimosa Jallow (1994), and Ida Hulkko (1998).

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