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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Marieke Vervoort is the 2,605th most popular athlete (down from 2,431st in 2019), the 872nd most popular biography from Belgium (up from 875th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Belgian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marieke Vervoort ranks 2,605 out of 6,025. Before her are Ara Abrahamian, Mauricio, Yuriy Bilonoh, Eric Garcia, Ramona Neubert, and Letitia Vriesde. 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 361. Before her are Rudi Skácel, Lisa Batiashvili, Cara Black, Elisabeth Harnois, Nicki Hunter, and Park Si-yeon. After her are Sarah Polley, Glover Teixeira, Ivan Miljković, Michel Franco, Milene Domingues, and Darjuš Lavrinovič. 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 872 out of 1,190. Before her are Wouter Weylandt (1984), Marc Emmers (1966), Philippe Lafontaine (1955), Sven Nys (1976), Jean-François De Sart (1961), and Xavier Malisse (1980). After her are Edwig Van Hooydonck (1966), Bouli Lanners (1965), Philippe Vande Walle (1961), Bertrand Crasson (1971), Glen De Boeck (1971), and Andreas Pereira (1996).

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Among ATHLETES In Belgium

Among athletes born in Belgium, Marieke Vervoort ranks 37. 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 Nafissatou Thiam (1994), Kim Gevaert (1978), Erik Persson (null), Kevin Borlée (1988), Gella Vandecaveye (1973), and Daniel Martin (null).

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