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Petra van Staveren

1966 - Today

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Petronella ("Petra") Grietje van Staveren (born 2 June 1966) is a former breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She also won a bronze at the 1986 world championships and a European silver in 1983 in the 4×100 meter medley relay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petra van Staveren has received more than 18,392 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Petra van Staveren is the 161st most popular swimmer (down from 156th in 2019), the 1,079th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 1,001st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Swimmer.

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  • 16

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  • 6.55

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  • 1.55

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Petra van Staveren ranks 161 out of 392Before her are Bengt Baron, Yuliya Yefimova, Natalia Ishchenko, Shane Gould, Boy Charlton, and Aaron Peirsol. After her are Kaye Hall, Dara Torres, Otto Wahle, Heike Friedrich, Kirsty Coventry, and Marleen Veldhuis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Petra van Staveren ranks 603Before her are Markku Uusipaavalniemi, Daisy Fuentes, Vincent Ventresca, Garcelle Beauvais, Nenad Kljaić, and Catherine Fleury-Vachon. After her are Kyros Vassaras, Igor Trandenkov, H. Jon Benjamin, Simon Beaufoy, Martina McBride, and Rachel True.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Petra van Staveren ranks 1,079 out of 1,427Before her are René Meulensteen (1964), Michael Boogerd (1972), Sjeng Schalken (1976), Esther Vergeer (1981), Robert Verbeek (1961), and Mohamed Ihattaren (2002). After her are Gerard Kemkers (1967), Arnold Bruggink (1977), Kevin Hofland (1979), Michel van der Aa (1970), Bob de Jong (1976), and Ho-Pin Tung (1982).

Among SWIMMERS In Netherlands

Among swimmers born in Netherlands, Petra van Staveren ranks 9Before her are Nel van Vliet (1926), Nida Senff (1920), Pieter van den Hoogenband (1978), Inge de Bruijn (1973), Ada Kok (1947), and Ranomi Kromowidjojo (1990). After her are Marleen Veldhuis (1979), Maarten van der Weijden (1981), Inge Dekker (1985), Femke Heemskerk (1987), Sharon van Rouwendaal (1993), and Ferry Weertman (1992).