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Maria Vierdag

1905 - 2005

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Maria "Rie" Vierdag (22 September 1905 – 17 July 2005) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1924, 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the 4×100 m relay in 1932, setting a European record, and finished sixth in 1924. She failed to reach the 100 m finals at all Games. Vierdag was a European champion in the 100 m in 1927 and in the 4×100 m relay in 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Vierdag is the 133rd most popular swimmer (down from 76th in 2019), the 867th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 846th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Maria Vierdag ranks 133 out of 709. Before her are Nel van Vliet, Cathy Ferguson, Brenda Helser, Vladimir Salnikov, Jean Taris, and Belle Moore. After her are Max Schöne, Pua Kealoha, Hideko Maehata, Harry Hebner, György Mitró, and Cecil Healy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Maria Vierdag ranks 331. Before her are Irawati Karve, Maksimilijan Mihelčič, Juan Alfonso Valle, Richard Haydn, Louis Armand, and Anna Chandy. After her are Erich Borchmeyer, Henry Wilcoxon, Iosif Kheifits, Jack Teagarden, James Burnham, and Clarice Benini. Among people deceased in 2005, Maria Vierdag ranks 298. Before her are Nirmal Verma, James Stockdale, Ihor Rybak, John N. Bahcall, Enric Gensana, and Matthew McGrory. After her are Jim Capaldi, Atef Sedky, Miriam Rothschild, Raoul Bott, Humphrey Carpenter, and Ismail Merchant.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Maria Vierdag ranks 867 out of 1,646. Before her are Andries Jonker (1962), Joris Mathijsen (1980), Puck van Heel (1904), Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (1887), Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841), and Guido Imbens (1963). After her are Bas Paauwe (1911), Conny Vandenbos (1937), Winston Bogarde (1970), Duncan Laurence (1994), Adriaan van Maanen (1884), and Mauk Weber (1914).

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Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Maria Vierdag ranks 9. Before her are Gérard Blitz (1901), Marie Braun (1911), Nida Senff (1920), Tini Wagner (1919), Ada Kok (1947), and Nel van Vliet (1926). After her are Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (1925), Inge de Bruijn (1973), Petra van Staveren (1966), Jolanda de Rover (1963), and Marleen Veldhuis (1979).

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