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Letitia Vriesde

1964 - Today

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Letitia Alma Vriesde (born 5 October 1964) is a former track and field athlete from Suriname, who specialised in the 800 metres but was also successful over 1500 metres. She is the first (and to date, only) sportsperson from Suriname to compete at five Olympic Games. She won a silver medal at the 1995 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships. Vriesde holds the South American records for the 800 metres, 1000 metres and 1500 metres (indoors and outdoors) and also for the 3000 metres (indoors). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Letitia Vriesde has received more than 48,300 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Letitia Vriesde is the 2,483rd most popular athlete (down from 2,011th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Suriname (down from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Surinamer Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Letitia Vriesde ranks 2,485 out of 6,025. Before her are Ace Rusevski, Nelson Kuhn, Abdul Hamid, Cyril Slater, Jonathan Jones, Grigory Kiriyenko, Christine Wachtel, and Ricco Groß. After her are Mario Aldo Montano, Al Lawrence, Diana Gansky, and Christine Laser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Letitia Vriesde ranks 603. Before her are Andrei Borisenko, Dirk Raudies, Lee Evans, Elena Georgescu, Erica Gimpel, and Günther Mader. After her are Tom Verica, Eloy Olaya, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Augustin Matata Ponyo, Bill Browder, and Jim Jordan.

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In Suriname

Among people born in Suriname, Letitia Vriesde ranks 24 out of 33. Before her are Stanley Menzo (1963), Cynthia McLeod (1936), Melvin Manhoef (1976), Henk Fraser (1966), Ulrich van Gobbel (1971), and Edson Braafheid (1983). After her are Romeo Castelen (1983), John Veldman (1968), Romeo Zondervan (1959), Chuckie (1978), Tyrone Spong (1985), and Jeangu Macrooy (1993).

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Among ATHLETES In Suriname

Among athletes born in Suriname, Letitia Vriesde ranks 1. 

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