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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nida Senff has received more than 18,353 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Nida Senff is the 58th most popular swimmer (down from 40th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 670th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Nida Senff ranks 58 out of 392. Before her are Barbara Krause, Martha Norelius, Irene Guest, Bill Smith, Aileen Riggin, and Georg Zacharias. After her are Oscar Grégoire, Pontus Hanson, George Kojac, Ragnhild Hveger, Imre Zachár, and Murray Rose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Nida Senff ranks 335. Before her are Kelpo Gröndahl, Ralph Meeker, G. D. Spradlin, Philippa Pearce, Jacqueline Mazéas, and Lucidio Sentimenti. After her are Ragnhild Hveger, Bert Williams, Raymond Salles, Denton Cooley, Jack Rowley, and Sammy Lee. Among people deceased in 1995, Nida Senff ranks 252. Before her are Víctor Ugarte, Riccardo Carapellese, Stig Sjölin, George Woodcock, Iosif Kheifits, and Giorgio Bocchino. After her are George Abbott, Edmondo Fabbri, Maino Neri, Godfrey Brown, Stephen Spender, and René Lemoine.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nida Senff ranks 804 out of 1,427. Before her are Jetta Goudal (1891), Duncan Laurence (1994), Andries Jonker (1962), Hugo Hovenkamp (1950), Remco Campert (1929), and François Brandt (1874). After her are Bryan Roy (1970), Joris Mathijsen (1980), Mauk Weber (1914), Roelof Wunderink (1948), André Kuipers (1958), and Arjen Anthony Lucassen (1960).

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Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Nida Senff ranks 4. Before her are Rie Mastenbroek (1919), Marie Braun (1911), and Nel van Vliet (1926). After her are 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).

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