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Nida Senff

1920 - 1995

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Dina Willemina Jacoba "Nida" Senff (3 April 1920 – 27 June 1995) was a backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the 100 metres backstroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. She did so after missing a turning point, went back to push the wall, and still won the race. Senff won the Dutch title in the 100 metres backstroke in 1935 and 1937, and set five world records in 100 m, 150 yd and 200 m backstroke in 1936–1937. In 1983, she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nida Senff is the 67th most popular swimmer (down from 57th in 2019), the 692nd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 789th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Nida Senff ranks 67 out of 709. Before her are Emil Rausch, Åke Borg, David Hammond, Marie Braun, Imre Zachár, and Cathy Carr. After her are Ferenc Csik, Géza Kiss, Ford Konno, Albina Osipowich, Helen Johns, and George Vernot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Nida Senff ranks 289. Before her are Chabuca Granda, Andrée Chedid, Lea Padovani, Jacqueline Mazéas, Nobuyuki Kato, and Georges Balandier. After her are Jack Lord, Ehsan Yarshater, Musa Anter, Nils Bohlin, Gordon Gould, and Fernando Riera. Among people deceased in 1995, Nida Senff ranks 209. Before her are Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, Hermínio de Brito, Genrikh Kasparyan, Franco Fabrizi, John Cairncross, and Dorothy Poynton-Hill. After her are Ted Drake, Henri Laborit, Massimo Pallottino, René Lemoine, Mira Lobe, and Robert Bolt.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nida Senff ranks 692 out of 1,646. Before her are Theo Heemskerk (1852), Charles of Mount Argus (1821), Pim Doesburg (1943), Reinier Nooms (1623), Kees van Ierssel (1945), and Willeke Alberti (1945). After her are Arie van Vliet (1916), Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), Jaap Bakema (1914), Roelof Klein (1877), Mark Blaug (1927), and René Pijnen (1946).

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Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Nida Senff ranks 5. Before her are Rie Mastenbroek (1919), Willy den Ouden (1918), Gérard Blitz (1901), and Marie Braun (1911). After her are Tini Wagner (1919), Ada Kok (1947), Nel van Vliet (1926), Maria Vierdag (1905), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (1925), and Inge de Bruijn (1973).

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