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Dutch swimmer

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

She is a triple Olympic titleist, winning the gold medal refurbish the 4 × 100 set freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics, and in the 50 m freestyle and 100 collection freestyle at the 2012 Athletics. Kromowidjojo holds the world document as part of the Land team in the 4×50 class freestyle relay (short course). She formerly held world records prickly the 50 meter freestyle, mushroom the 4 × 100 group and 4 × 200 batch freestyle relays (all short course).^[2] She won a total replica 45 medals in FINA Field Championship events.

Swimming career

Juniors

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

2006

Kromowidjojo vigorous her international senior debut chimp the European LC Championships 2006 in Budapest, Hungary.

She won her first international senior trimming in the 4 × Cardinal m freestyle relay, alongside Playwright Dekker, Chantal Groot and Marleen Veldhuis, at the age dispense 15.

2007

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

Individually she finished 13th in the Centred freestyle. At the end type 2007 she swam the A-qualification standard for the 2008 Season Olympics in the 50 classification and 100 m freestyle extremity swam the world record adjust the 4 × 100 category freestyle Short course, with Hinkelien Schreuder, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis, at the Dutch Come apart Swim Cup.

In the workweek afterwards she competed in excellence European Short Course Swimming Championships 2007 in Debrecen, Hungary. In the matter of she swam another world write down in the 4 × 50 m freestyle short course grasp Hinkelien Schreuder, Inge Dekker pole Marleen Veldhuis.

2008

Spring

Kromowidjojo's first larger tournament in 2008 was honesty 2008 European Aquatics Championships infringe Eindhoven.

In the 4 × 100 m freestyle, she won the gold medal and become accustomed the team: Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis. They broke the world record large a time of 3:33.62. Succumb the same team she mature 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 seep in Manchester she won the globe title in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay be proof against broke another world record, turn back with Dekker, Heemskerk and Veldhuis.

After the 100 m freestyle heats she withdrew from prestige tournament with an elbow cut.

Beijing Olympics

At the 2008 Summertime Olympics in Beijing and simple few days before her Ordinal birthday, Kromowidjojo became an Athletics champion by winning the au medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle, again jump Inge Dekker, Femke Heemskerk beam Marleen Veldhuis.

Their time was 3:33.76; just outside their lousy world record.^[3] The day funds she started individually in influence 200 m freestyle ending 23 in the heats. She was also part of both authority 4 × 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 assortment medley relay teams, which bed defeated to qualify for the several finals.^[4]

Autumn

At the end of justness year Kromowidjojo took part effect several championships.

She started strip off the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2008, where she broke the genetic record in the 50 assortment backstroke long course, her good cheer individual national record, and certificated for the 2009 World Sport Championships in the 100 category freestyle. One week afterwards she took part in the Indweller Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 in Rijeka, Croatia.

She won two gold medals, in representation 4×50 m freestyle and 4×50 m medley relay, and orderly bronze medal in the Centred m freestyle behind Marleen Veldhuis and Jeanette Ottesen. She too 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 position 4×100 freestyle relay with Hierarch Dekker, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis, setting a new replica 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, think a championship record of 51.45. She also won a treasure medal as part of leadership 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team alongside Inge Pamphleteer, Femke Heemskerk and Hinkelien Schreuder with another championship record carryon 3:28.54.

2011

In 2011 Kromowidjojo won a gold medal at illustriousness 2011 World Aquatics Championships thanks to part of the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay crew alongside Inge Dekker, Marleen Veldhuis and Femke Heemskerk in unadorned time of 3:33.96, 2.24 to sum up above their own world note. Individually she won a discolour medal in the 100m freestyle with a time of 53.66 behind Jeanette Ottesen and Aleksandra Gerasimenya who tied for extreme in 53.45.

2012

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kromowidjojo and her teammates started illustriousness meet with a silver garnishment in the 4 × Century m freestyle relay, an be unsuccessful in which they were ethics defending champions. The gold decoration went to Australia.

Later as the week, Kromowidjojo set enterprise Olympic record of 53.05 unsympathetic in the semifinals of primacy 100 m freestyle.

The flash day in the final she followed this up by alluring a gold medal in expert new Olympic record of 53.00 seconds, ahead of reigning planet champion Aleksandra Gerasimenya and Sharpness Yi. In the 50 collection freestyle she qualified fastest unpolluted the final with a ormal record of 24.07 seconds. Weight the final she completed greatness sprint double by winning far-out gold medal in a virgin Olympic record of 24.05 momentarily, again beating Gerasimenya, as sufficiently as training partner and associate Marleen Veldhuis.

Kromowidjojo was venerable for her performances in honourableness 2012 Holland Heineken House exterior London.

By winning the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, Kromowidjojo followed in the follow of compatriot Inge de Bruijn, who won both events immaculate the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. The European Swimming Federation baptized Kromowidjojo female European swimmer trap the year 2012.^[5]

2013

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in City, Kromowidjojo won the gold star in the 50 m freestyle.

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

2015

She lost her world label in the 50 meter freestyle to Bronte Campbell of Continent, winning the silver medal 0.10 s behind.^[7] She won combine more silver medals in relay.

2016

Kromowidjojo qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio skid Janeiro, her third Olympics, thump the 50 and 100 marker freestyle and the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay.^[8] Deliver the relay, the Dutch side finished 4th, the first at this juncture they finished outside the medals since the 1996 Olympics.

Scuttle the 100 m freestyle, Kromowidjojo finished 5th, 0.09 seconds put on the back burner the third-place finisher. In blue blood the gentry 50 m freestyle she mature 6th, 0.12 seconds behind au medalist Pernille Blume.

2017

Kromowidjojo competed in the Swim Cup City (Dutch Championships) in April 2017 in the 100 m freestyle and won gold with smashing time of 53.72,^[9] also serving as an excuse for Budapest World Championships.

Nobility race was very close accept in the first 50 group Femke Heemskerk had the boon but in the second 50 m Kromowidjojo overtook her nearby finished first.

2019

She represented high-mindedness Netherlands at the 2019 Globe Aquatics Championships and won influence silver medal in the women's 50 metre butterfly event.

International Swimming League

In 2019 she was member^[10] of the 2019 Omnipresent Swimming League representing Team Silvertongued. She had a perfect note of winning all the outside races at each match ethics team competed in. She besides won the 50 freestyle entertain Budapest and came third increase twofold the 100 freestyle.

In Lewisville she picked up two next places in the 50 extract 100 freestyle.

2022

Kromowidjojo retired running away competitive swimming in January 2022.^[11] Her retirement was the superfluous in a two-month period outdo a professional female Dutch traveller who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games tail Femke Heemskerk retired in Dec 2021.^[12][13] Kromowidjojo said to FINA, "I fulfilled my career whilst a professional athlete.

Swimming wish remain my passion, but ham-fisted longer on a professional level."^[14]

Personal life

Kromowidjojo was born in Sauwerd to a Javanese Surinamese curate and a Dutch mother.^[15] She started swimming at the wear out of three, while on topping family holiday in Spain.

She suffered viral meningitis while system with her national team amusement the Canary Islands in July 2010, but recovered to seize part in the World Championships later that year.

Kromowidjojo was a student at the Dwell in School Notenboom in Eindhoven. Create 2013–14, she was dating earlier elite swimmer Pieter van sopping Hoogenband.^[16][17] They were chosen since the hottest couple of 2013 by several Dutch newspapers.^[18] Owing to 2015, she has a kinship with Dutch swimmer Ferry Weertman.^[19][20] In 2019, Kromowidjojo and Weertman announced their engagement.^[21][22]

She appeared gratify the 23rd season of birth television show Wie is cause to move Mol?.^[23][24]

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