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Marieke Vervoort

1979 - 2019

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Marieke Vervoort (10 May 1979 – 22 October 2019) was a Belgian Paralympic athlete with reflex sympathetic dystrophy. She won several medals at the Paralympics, and she received worldwide attention in 2016 when she revealed that she was considering euthanasia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Marieke Vervoort is the 2,584th most popular athlete (down from 2,395th in 2024), the 877th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 874th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marieke Vervoort ranks 2,584 out of 6,025. Before her are Ara Abrahamian, Yuriy Bilonoh, Eric Garcia, Ramona Neubert, Letitia Vriesde, and Ellen Becker. After her are Bernard Williams, Glover Teixeira, Sherri Howard, Tudor Casapu, Diana Gansky, and Mark Richardson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Marieke Vervoort ranks 366. Before her are Rudi Skácel, Lisa Batiashvili, Cara Black, Elisabeth Harnois, Nicki Hunter, and Park Si-yeon. After her are Sarah Polley, Glover Teixeira, Andrea Osvárt, Ivan Miljković, Michel Franco, and Milene Domingues. Among people deceased in 2019, Marieke Vervoort ranks 564. Before her are James Frawley, Dave Bartholomew, Fay McKenzie, Werner von Moltke, Yasuhiro Takemoto, and Dorothy Masuka. After her are John Conyers, Fernando Ricksen, Les Murray, Georgia Engel, John Carl Buechler, and Phil Masinga.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Marieke Vervoort ranks 877 out of 1,190. Before her are Marc Emmers (1966), Philippe Lafontaine (1955), Sven Nys (1976), Jean-François De Sart (1961), Filip Dewinter (1962), and Xavier Malisse (1980). After her are Edwig Van Hooydonck (1966), Eric Van Lancker (1961), Bouli Lanners (1965), Philippe Vande Walle (1961), Bertrand Crasson (1971), and Glen De Boeck (1971).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Marieke Vervoort ranks 36. Before her are Victor Sonnemans (1874), Robert Hennet (1886), Victor Verschueren (1893), Désiré Beaurain (1881), Tia Hellebaut (1978), and Michel Knuysen (1929). After her are Ann Haesebrouck (1963), Nafissatou Thiam (1994), Kim Gevaert (1978), Erik Persson (null), Kevin Borlée (1988), and Gella Vandecaveye (1973).

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