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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 19,902 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nida Senff is the 57th most popular swimmer (up from 58th in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 802nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Nida Senff ranks 57 out of 709. Before her are Edgar Adams, Hilde Schrader, John Derbyshire, Carolyn Schuler, Katie Ledecky, and Kusuo Kitamura. After her are Greta Johansson, John Arthur Jarvis, Erich Rademacher, Barbara Krause, Ford Konno, and Emil Rausch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Nida Senff ranks 330. Before her are Liam Cosgrave, Captain Tom, Julian Jaynes, Thomas Sebeok, Robert Lamoureux, and Tatyana Makarova. After her are Gino Cappello, Enzo Biagi, Ljubomir Lovrić, Franca Valeri, Nguyễn Thị Định, and Gesualdo Bufalino. Among people deceased in 1995, Nida Senff ranks 237. Before her are Fabio Casartelli, Robert Parrish, Víctor Ugarte, Reinhard Furrer, Riccardo Carapellese, and Jack Finney. After her are Élie Bayol, Julio Caro Baroja, Margita Figuli, Nicolás Lindley López, Edmondo Fabbri, and Osvald Käpp.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Nida Senff ranks 789 out of 1,646. Before her are Gregory van der Wiel (1988), Adri van Male (1910), Matthijs de Ligt (1999), René Pijnen (1946), Bas Paauwe (1911), and André Hazes (1951). After her are Jasper Cillessen (1989), Nicolaas Pierson (1839), Albert Mol (1917), Jan Burgers (1895), Gerrie Knetemann (1951), and Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860).

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Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Nida Senff ranks 5. Before her are Rie Mastenbroek (1919), Gérard Blitz (1901), Marie Braun (1911), and Willy den Ouden (1918). After her are Tini Wagner (1919), Maria Vierdag (1905), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Nel van Vliet (1926), Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher (1925), Ada Kok (1947), and Inge de Bruijn (1973).

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