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Willem Slijkhuis

1923 - 2003

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Willem Frederik "Wim" Slijkhuis (13 January 1923 – 28 June 2003) was a Dutch athlete. During his career that lasted from 1939 to 1954 he was a world's top middle distance runner, excelling in distances from 1500 to 5000 metres. Slijkhuis began his international sports career shortly after World War II, having competed nationally since 1939. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willem Slijkhuis has received more than 17,464 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Willem Slijkhuis is the 775th most popular athlete (down from 523rd in 2019), the 760th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 657th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Willem Slijkhuis ranks 775 out of 3,059. Before him are William Petersson, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Pekka Vasala, Roy Cochran, Imre Harangi, and Alberto Pellegrino. After him are Jacques Cariou, Guy Butler, Nils Täpp, Glenn Morris, Daniel Kelly, and DeHart Hubbard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Willem Slijkhuis ranks 339. Before him are Jorge Daponte, Fats Navarro, Alice Coachman, Óscar González, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, and Medea Japaridze. After him are Doc Watson, Karl-Heinz Metzner, Gabriel Alonso, Natália Correia, Cesare Rubini, and George Russell. Among people deceased in 2003, Willem Slijkhuis ranks 246. Before him are Buddy Ebsen, Donald Regan, Vladimir Bogomolov, Anita Borg, Dave DeBusschere, and Naftali Temu. After him are Joseph Saidu Momoh, Jim Siedow, Mike Larrabee, Sven Fahlman, Emil Pažický, and Felix Kaspar.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Willem Slijkhuis ranks 760 out of 1,427. Before him are Azra Akın (1981), Huub Rothengatter (1954), Foppe de Haan (1943), Eppie Wietzes (1938), Nel van Vliet (1926), and Michael Bleekemolen (1949). After him are Rineke Dijkstra (1959), Conny Vandenbos (1937), Hans Gillhaus (1963), Regillio Simons (1973), Renée Soutendijk (1957), and Stefan de Vrij (1992).

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Among ATHLETES In Netherlands

Among athletes born in Netherlands, Willem Slijkhuis ranks 8. Before him are Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs (1923), Tinus Osendarp (1916), Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923), Roelof Klein (1877), Chris Berger (1911), and Arie van Vliet (1916). After him are François Brandt (1874), Anna Dresden-Polak (1906), Harry Steevens (1945), Bertha Brouwer (1930), Mia Gommers (1939), and Ria Stalman (1951).

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