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Nel van Vliet

1926 - 2006

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Petronella "Nel" van Vliet (17 January 1926 – 4 January 2006) was a breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands. She won gold medals in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships and 1948 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nel van Vliet has received more than 20,722 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nel van Vliet is the 46th most popular swimmer (down from 36th in 2019), the 758th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 661st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.55

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Nel van Vliet ranks 46 out of 392Before her are Erich Rademacher, Judit Temes, Jean Taris, Helen Johns, Jimmy McLane, and Max Hainle. After her are Julius Frey, Matt Biondi, Shigeo Arai, Hideko Maehata, Emil Rausch, and Barbara Krause.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Nel van Vliet ranks 357Before her are Beatriz Segall, Roberto Lippi, Ralph Abernathy, Ede Király, Tom Tryon, and Frank O'Hara. After her are Bill Black, Göta Pettersson, Angus Scrimm, Alison Lurie, Günter de Bruyn, and Tapio Mäkelä. Among people deceased in 2006, Nel van Vliet ranks 273Before her are Liese Prokop, Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo, Savino Guglielmetti, Óscar González, Lidia Wysocka, and Ted Schroeder. After her are Katherine Dunham, Jackie McLean, Francis Girod, Juice Leskinen, Lloyd Bentsen, and Robert Earl Jones.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nel van Vliet ranks 758 out of 1,427Before her are Arie Schans (1952), Puck van Heel (1904), Azra Akın (1981), Huub Rothengatter (1954), Foppe de Haan (1943), and Eppie Wietzes (1938). After her are Michael Bleekemolen (1949), Willem Slijkhuis (1923), Rineke Dijkstra (1959), Conny Vandenbos (1937), Hans Gillhaus (1963), and Regillio Simons (1973).

Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Nel van Vliet ranks 3Before her are Rie Mastenbroek (1919) and Marie Braun (1911). After her are Nida Senff (1920), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Inge de Bruijn (1973), Ada Kok (1947), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1990), Petra van Staveren (1966), Marleen Veldhuis (1979), Maarten van der Weijden (1981), and Inge Dekker (1985).