- Nel van Vliet
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Medal record
Nel van VlietWomen's swimming Competitor for the Netherlands
Olympic Games Gold 1948 London 200 m breaststroke European Championships Gold 1947 Monte Carlo 200 m breaststroke Petronella ("Nel") van Vliet (17 January 1926 in Hilversum – 4 January 2006) was a breaststroke swimmer from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. There she won the gold medal in the women's 200 m breaststroke.
References
- (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
Olympic Champions in Women's 200 m Breaststroke 1924: Lucy Morton • 1928: Hilde Schrader • 1932: Clare Dennis • 1936: Hideko Maehata • 1948: Nel van Vliet • 1952: Éva Székely • 1956: Ursula Happe • 1960: Anita Lonsbrough • 1964: Galina Prozumenshchikova • 1968: Sharon Wichman • 1972: Beverley Whitfield • 1976: Marina Kosheveya • 1980: Lina Kačiušytė • 1984: Anne Ottenbrite • 1988: Silke Hörner • 1992: Kyoko Iwasaki • 1996: Penny Heyns • 2000: Ágnes Kovács • 2004: Amanda Beard • 2008: Rebecca Soni
European Champions in Women's 200 m Breaststroke 1927: Hildegard Schrader (GER) • 1931: Cecelia Wolstenholme (GBR) • 1934: Martha Genenger (GER) • 1938: Inge Sørensen (DEN) • 1947: Nel van Vliet (NED) • 1950: Raymonde Vergauwen (BEL) • 1954: Ursula Happe (FRG) • 1958: Ada den Haan (NED) • 1962: Anita Lonsbrough (GBR) • 1966: Galina Prozumenshchikova (URS) • 1970: Galina Stepanova (URS) • 1974: Karla Linke (GDR) • 1977: Yuliya Bogdanova (URS) • 1981: Ute Geweniger (GDR) • 1983: Ute Geweniger (GDR) • 1985: Tania Bogomilova (BUL) • 1987: Silke Hörner (GDR) • 1989: Susanne Börnicke (GDR) • 1991: Yelena Rudkovskaya (URS) • 1993: Brigitte Becue (BEL) • 1995: Brigitte Becue (BEL) • 1997: Ágnes Kovács (HUN) • 1999: Ágnes Kovács (HUN) • 2000: Beatrice Căslaru (ROM) • 2002: Mirna Jukić (AUT) • 2004: Mirna Jukić (AUT) • 2006: Kirsty Balfour (GBR) • 2008: Yuliya Yefimova (RUS) • 2010: Anastasia Chaun (RUS)
Categories:- 1926 births
- 2006 deaths
- Dutch swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- People from Hilversum
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Female breaststroke swimmers
- Dutch Olympic medalist stubs
- Dutch swimming biography stubs
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