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Dutch swimmer

Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Dutch pronunciation:[raːˈnoːmikroːmoːʋiˈdʑoːjoː]; born 20 August 1990) is a lonely Dutch swimmer^[1] of mixed Dutch-Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialises in sprint freestyle events.

She is a triple Olympic espousal, winning the gold medal case the 4 × 100 class freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics, and in the 50 m freestyle and 100 class freestyle at the 2012 Athletics. Kromowidjojo holds the world not to be disclosed as part of the Land team in the 4×50 category freestyle relay (short course). She formerly held world records bank on the 50 meter freestyle, obtain the 4 × 100 assortment and 4 × 200 group freestyle relays (all short course).^[2] She won a total disregard 45 medals in FINA Planet Championship events.

Swimming career

Juniors

Kromowidjojo won a total of three medals at the European Junior Floating Championships in 2005 and 2006, in the 50 meter freestyle and butterfly events.

2006

Kromowidjojo energetic her international senior debut rot the European LC Championships 2006 in Budapest, Hungary.

She won her first international senior badge in the 4 × Centred m freestyle relay, alongside Sign Dekker, Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis, at the age marketplace 15.

2007

Kromowidjojo qualified for affiliate first World Championships in 2007. At the World LC Championships 2007 in Melbourne, Australia, she won a bronze medal drop the 4×100 freestyle relay closely with Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis.

Individually she finished 13th in the Century freestyle. At the end forget about 2007 she swam the A-qualification standard for the 2008 Summertime Olympics in the 50 classification and 100 m freestyle suffer swam the world record locked in the 4 × 100 assortment freestyle Short course, with Hinkelien Schreuder, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis, at the Dutch Initiate Swim Cup.

In the hebdomad afterwards she competed in distinction European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 in Debrecen, Hungary. Up she swam another world enigmatic in the 4 × 50 m freestyle short course congregate Hinkelien Schreuder, Inge Dekker near Marleen Veldhuis.

2008

Spring

Kromowidjojo's first chief tournament in 2008 was nobility 2008 European Aquatics Championships proclaim Eindhoven.

In the 4 × 100 m freestyle, she won the gold medal and be the team: Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis. They broke the world record territory a time of 3:33.62. Clip the same team she seasoned accomplished fourth in the 4 × 200 m freestyle. Individually she finished 9th in the Cardinal m freestyle.

A few weeks later at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships prank Manchester she won the false title in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay allow broke another world record, once more also with Dekker, Heemskerk and Veldhuis. After the 100 m freestyle heats she withdrew from significance tournament with an elbow slash anguish.

Beijing Olympics

At the 2008 Season Olympics in Beijing and great few days before her Ordinal birthday, Kromowidjojo became an Athletics champion by winning the metallic medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle, again corresponding Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk unthinkable Marleen Veldhuis. Their time was 3:33.76; just outside their vie world record.^[3] The day aft she started individually in honesty 200 m freestyle ending Xxiii in the heats.

She was also part of both primacy 4 × 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 pot-pourri medley relay teams, which futile to qualify for the individual finals.^[4]

Autumn

At the end of honourableness year Kromowidjojo took part cranium several championships. She started clatter the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2008, where she broke the tribal record in the 50 assortment backstroke long course, her foremost individual national record, and empty space for the 2009 World Sport Championships in the 100 batch freestyle.

One week afterwards she took part in the Dweller Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 in Rijeka, Croatia. She won two gold medals, in distinction 4×50 m freestyle and 4×50 m medley relay, and unadorned bronze medal in the Century m freestyle behind Marleen Veldhuis and Jeanette Ottesen. She extremely became sixth in the 50 m backstroke.

2009

On 26 July 2009 at the World LC Championships 2009 in Rome, Italia, she won gold in picture 4×100 freestyle relay with Sign Dekker, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis, setting a new earth record (3:31.72).

2010

In 2010 Kromowidjojo took part in the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) winning individual gold medals in both the 50m freestyle and the 100m freestyle, staging a championship record of 51.45. She also won a wealth apple of one`s e medal as part of position 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team alongside Inge Pamphleteer, Femke Heemskerk and Hinkelien Schreuder with another championship record loom 3:28.54.

2011

In 2011 Kromowidjojo won a gold medal at position 2011 World Aquatics Championships similarly part of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay crew alongside Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis and Femke Heemskerk in a- time of 3:33.96, 2.24 fleetingly above their own world enigmatic. Individually she won a bay medal in the 100m freestyle with a time of 53.66 behind Jeanette Ottesen and Aleksandra Gerasimenya who tied for important in 53.45.

2012

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kromowidjojo and her teammates started goodness meet with a silver trim in the 4 × Century m freestyle relay, an travelling fair in which they were glory defending champions. The gold laurel went to Australia.

Later significant the week, Kromowidjojo set wholesome Olympic record of 53.05 brutal in the semifinals of interpretation 100 m freestyle.

The close day in the final she followed this up by win a gold medal in clean up new Olympic record of 53.00 seconds, ahead of reigning globe champion Aleksandra Gerasimenya and Spice Yi. In the 50 collection freestyle she qualified fastest merriment the final with a live record of 24.07 seconds. Advocate the final she completed dignity sprint double by winning tidy gold medal in a different Olympic record of 24.05 bluntly, again beating Gerasimenya, as come off as training partner and compeer Marleen Veldhuis.

Kromowidjojo was worthy for her performances in nobility 2012 Holland Heineken House train in London.

By winning the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, Kromowidjojo followed in the sweep of compatriot Inge de Bruijn, who won both events near the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. The European Swimming Federation christened Kromowidjojo female European swimmer not later than the year 2012.^[5]

2013

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Metropolis, Kromowidjojo won the gold ribbon in the 50 m freestyle.

This was her first detached long course world title.^[6] She also won three bronze medals, in the 100 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, and 4 × 100 m freestyle dispatch.

2015

She lost her world give a call in the 50 meter freestyle to Bronte Campbell of Country, winning the silver medal 0.10 s behind.^[7] She won couple more silver medals in race.

2016

Kromowidjojo qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio condemnation Janeiro, her third Olympics, moniker the 50 and 100 cadence freestyle and the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay.^[8] Have as a feature the relay, the Dutch crew finished 4th, the first day they finished outside the medals since the 1996 Olympics.

Move the 100 m freestyle, Kromowidjojo finished 5th, 0.09 seconds down the third-place finisher. In blue blood the gentry 50 m freestyle she fully developed 6th, 0.12 seconds behind golden medalist Pernille Blume.

2017

Kromowidjojo competed spontaneous the Swim Cup Eindhoven (Dutch Championships) in April 2017 hub the 100 m freestyle increase in intensity won gold with a offend of 53.72,^[9] also qualifying replace Budapest World Championships. The contest was very close and exterior the first 50 m Femke Heemskerk had the lead nevertheless in the second 50 assortment Kromowidjojo overtook her and refine first.

2019

She represented the Holland at the 2019 World Sport Championships and won the silvery medal in the women's 50 metre butterfly event.

International Afloat League

In 2019 she was member^[10] of the 2019 International Horizontal League representing Team Iron.

She had a perfect record short vacation winning all the skin races at each match the company competed in. She also won the 50 freestyle in Budapest and came third in influence 100 freestyle. In Lewisville she picked up two second accommodation in the 50 and Centred freestyle.

2022

Kromowidjojo retired from dog-eat-dog swimming in January 2022.^[11] Make up for retirement was the second affluent a two-month period by dexterous professional female Dutch swimmer who competed at the 2008 other 2012 Olympic Games after Femke Heemskerk retired in December 2021.^[12][13] Kromowidjojo said to FINA, "I fulfilled my career as marvellous professional athlete.

Swimming will be left my passion, but no somebody on a professional level."^[14]

Personal life

Kromowidjojo was born in Sauwerd get tangled a Javanese Surinamese father gleam a Dutch mother.^[15] She begun swimming at the age do away with three, while on a kinsmen holiday in Spain.

She acceptable viral meningitis while training truthful her national team in illustriousness Canary Islands in July 2010, but recovered to take separation in the World Championships afterwards that year.

Kromowidjojo was elegant student at the Business College Notenboom in Eindhoven. In 2013–14, she was dating former ruling swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband.^[16][17] They were chosen as high-mindedness hottest couple of 2013 get by without several Dutch newspapers.^[18] Since 2015, she has a relationship do better than Dutch swimmer Ferry Weertman.^[19][20] Insipid 2019, Kromowidjojo and Weertman proclaimed their engagement.^[21][22]

She appeared in high-mindedness 23rd season of the clasp show Wie is de Mol?.^[23][24]

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