Sport and Games Atlas

How The Game Is Played
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Athlete

Ranomi Kromowidjojo

Aquatic Sports

Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a retired Dutch swimmer of mixed Dutch-Javanese Surinamese origin who mainly specialised in sprint freestyle events. She is a triple Olympic champion: she won the 4x100 metre freestyle relay at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing days before her eighteenth birthday, and the 50 and 100 metre freestyle at the 2012 Olympics in London. She holds the short course world record as part of the Dutch team in the 4x50 metre freestyle relay and formerly held short course world records in the 50 metre freestyle and the 4x100 and 4x200 metre freestyle relays. She has won a total of 45 medals in FINA World Championship events.

Facts
Birth Year
1990 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 2
Connections

Competed In

Source Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Wikipedia)
Source Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Wikipedia)

Plays

Swimming, Sports
Source Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is a retired Dutch swimmer
Sources
1. Olympedia: Ranomi Kromowidjojo - Olympedia
Olympedia
  • Biographical information, born
    Born 20 August 1990 in Sauwerd
  • Biographical information, sex
    Sex Female
View the Source
2. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth
    born 20 August 1990
  • Lead, gender
    She is a triple Olympic champion
  • Olympic medals
    triple Olympic champion
  • Lead, nationality
    is a retired Dutch swimmer
  • Plays: Swimming, Lead
    is a retired Dutch swimmer
  • Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Career, 2008-summer-olympics
    At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a few days before her 18th birthday, Kromowidjojo became an Olympic champion
  • Competed In: 2012 Summer Olympics, Career, 2012-summer-olympics
    At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Kromowidjojo and her teammates started the meet with a silver medal
View the Source

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.