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Femke Heemskerk

1987 - Today

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Frederike Johanna Maria "Femke" Heemskerk (pronounced [freːdəˈrikə joːˈɦɑnaː maːˈrijaː ˈfɛmkə ˈɦeːmskɛr(ə)k]; born 21 September 1987) is a former Dutch competitive swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle, but also has a strong backstroke and medley. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the short course world record in the 4 × 50 m freestyle relay and formerly the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, and 4×200 m freestyle relay, all set in Doha in 2014. Individually she has broken national records in six events, four in long course, 100 m and 200 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke, and 200 m individual medley, and two in short course, 200 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Femke Heemskerk has received more than 98,203 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Femke Heemskerk is the 386th most popular swimmer (down from 213th in 2019), the 1,442nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 1,205th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Femke Heemskerk ranks 386 out of 709Before her are Hubert Kós, Markus Rogan, Libby Trickett, Poliana Okimoto, Léon Marchand, and Roland Schoeman. After her are Mirna Jukić, Linda Mackenzie, Ágnes Kovács, Anne Ottenbrite, David Wilkie, and Amy Van Dyken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Femke Heemskerk ranks 864Before her are Michaela Coel, Nikita Vitiugov, Kate Nash, Tuukka Rask, Anderson Patric Aguiar Oliveira, and Voria Ghafouri. After her are Danny Simpson, Nenad Tomović, Sam Underwood, Johan Sjöstrand, Rebecca Breeds, and Carey Price.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Femke Heemskerk ranks 1,442 out of 1,646Before her are Igor Sijsling (1987), Jens Toornstra (1989), Peter Wisgerhof (1979), Jaïro Riedewald (1996), Ester Workel (1975), and Ruben Schaken (1982). After her are Thomas Lam (1993), Jos Hooiveld (1983), Piet Velthuizen (1986), Jeffrey Hoogland (1993), Paulien van Deutekom (1981), and Marvin Zeegelaar (1990).

Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Femke Heemskerk ranks 21Before her are Jolanda de Rover (1963), Marleen Veldhuis (1979), Inge Dekker (1985), Maarten van der Weijden (1981), Arno Kamminga (1995), and Sharon van Rouwendaal (1993). After her are Chantal Groot (1982), Hinkelien Schreuder (1984), Ferry Weertman (1992), Johan Kenkhuis (1980), Manon van Rooijen (1982), and Kira Toussaint (1994).