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Petra van Staveren

1966 - Today

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Petronella ("Petra") Grietje van Staveren (born 2 June 1966) is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She also won a bronze at the 1986 world championships and a European silver in 1983 in the 4×100 meter medley relay. She finished five times in fourth place at European championships in 1981–1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Petra van Staveren is the 234th most popular swimmer (up from 267th in 2024), the 1,085th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 1,221st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Petra van Staveren ranks 234 out of 709. Before her are Andrea Gyarmati, Shane Gould, Claudia Poll, Sergey Koplyakov, Shirley Babashoff, and Novella Calligaris. After her are Shelley Mann, David Theile, Yana Klochkova, Zoltán Verrasztó, Sarah Sjöström, and César Cielo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Petra van Staveren ranks 563. Before her are Patrick Volkerding, Wang Xiaoshuai, Valeri Kamensky, Nayim, Nancy Carell, and Diedrich Bader. After her are Thorsten Kaye, Woeser, Petar Šegrt, Gary Goodridge, Nelson Tapia, and Oleksandr Bagach.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Petra van Staveren ranks 1,085 out of 1,646. Before her are Mark Jansen (1978), Jeremie Frimpong (2000), Fernando Ricksen (1976), Sjaak Troost (1959), Hedwiges Maduro (1985), and Edsilia Rombley (1978). After her are Earnie Stewart (1969), Caroline van der Plas (1967), Mario Been (1963), Sarina Wiegman (1969), Kew Jaliens (1978), and Orkun Kökçü (2000).

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Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Petra van Staveren ranks 13. Before her are Ada Kok (1947), Nel van Vliet (1926), Maria Vierdag (1905), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (1925), and Inge de Bruijn (1973). After her are Jolanda de Rover (1963), Marleen Veldhuis (1979), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1990), Inge Dekker (1985), Conny van Bentum (1965), and Maarten van der Weijden (1981).

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