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Netti Witziers-Timmer

1923 - 2005

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Jeannette Josephina Maria "Netti" Witziers-Timmer (née Timmer, 22 July 1923 – 25 January 2005) was a Dutch sprinter. In 1944 she was a member of the Dutch teams that set world records in the 4 × 110 yard and 4 × 200 m relays. Two years later she won a European title, and in 1948 an Olympic gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay with Xenia Stad-de Jong, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, and Fanny Blankers-Koen. The 1948 Dutch relay team was remarkable (for that era) in that all its members were married and had children. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Netti Witziers-Timmer is the 300th most popular athlete (up from 302nd in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 596th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Netti Witziers-Timmer ranks 300 out of 6,025. Before her are John Paine, Egil Danielsen, Bill Miller, Juan Carlos Zabala, Walter Byron, and Larry Black. After her are Jim Thorpe, Gyula Zsivótzky, Albert Ayat, Romuald Klim, Alain Mimoun, and Eddie Tolan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Netti Witziers-Timmer ranks 194. Before her are Jimmy Mullen, Lucía Hiriart, Nirmala Srivastava, Gordon Jackson, Alexander Yakovlev, and Evelyn McHale. After her are Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Sam Phillips, Václav Ježek, Louis Lansana Beavogui, René Favaloro, and Stanisław Skrowaczewski. Among people deceased in 2005, Netti Witziers-Timmer ranks 143. Before her are Andre Norton, Martin Lings, James Doohan, Wee Kim Wee, Alexander Yakovlev, and Jacques Villeret. After her are Giuseppe Caprio, Pierre Bachelet, Eduardo Paolozzi, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Jimmy Smith, and Erik Balling.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Netti Witziers-Timmer ranks 526 out of 1,646. Before her are Jan Luyken (1649), Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Nina Foch (1924), Adri van der Poel (1959), and Louis Andriessen (1939). After her are Teun A. van Dijk (1943), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), Kees Kist (1952), Balthasar Bekker (1634), Dirck Coornhert (1522), and Matthias Stom (1600).

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Among ATHLETES In Netherlands

Among athletes born in Netherlands, Netti Witziers-Timmer ranks 3. Before her are Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918), and Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923). After her are Tinus Osendarp (1916), Arie van Vliet (1916), Roelof Klein (1877), François Brandt (1874), Mia Gommers (1939), Harry Steevens (1945), Jopie Selbach (1918), Jan Wienese (1942), and Willem Slijkhuis (1923).

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