Ranomi Kromowidjojo

Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Ranomi Kromowidjojo (2010)
Personal information
Surname:	Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Nation:	Netherlands
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Birthday:	20th August 1990
Place of birth:	Sauwerd
Size:	1.78 m
Weight:	67 kg
Medal table

Ranomi Kromowidjojo (born August 20, 1990 in Sauwerd ) is a Dutch butterfly and freestyle swimmer . She is Olympic champion in 2012 over 50 and 100 meters freestyle and world champion in 2013 over 50 meters freestyle. At the Olympic Games, World and European Championships, she won 79 medals by 2019, 35 of them in individual disciplines.

Career

Ranomi Kromowidjojo was born on August 20, 1990 in Sauwerd . Her parents come from the former Dutch colony of Surinam , her grandparents from Indonesia . Kromowidjojo first came into international focus in 2006 when she was runner- up at the 2006 European Swimming Championships in Budapest as part of the strong Dutch 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. In the following years she achieved the European short course title in 2007 , the European title in 2008 and the short course world title in 2008 as part of a Dutch freestyle relay. In addition, she has already set several world and European records with her Dutch swimming colleagues . At the 2011 World Swimming Championships in China, she won a gold, a silver (50 meters freestyle) and a bronze medal (100 meters freestyle). To cap her career she won at the 2012 Olympic Games in London Gold 50 and 100 meters freestyle. In October 2012 she was voted Europe's swimmer of the year.

Records

Personal records

Long track

• 50m Freestyle - 00:24.05 ( London 4th August 2012 )
• 100 m freestyle - 00: 52.75 (April 13, 2012 in Eindhoven )
• 200 m freestyle - 01: 59.77 (March 22, 2008 in Eindhoven )

Short course

• 50 m freestyle - 00:23.37 (December 19, 2010 in Dubai )
• 100 m freestyle - 00: 51.44 (December 11, 2009 in Istanbul )
• 200 m freestyle - 1:55.77 (December 17, 2011 in Atlanta )

International records

World records (5)
4 × 100 m freestyle (with Dekker , Heemskerk and Veldhuis )	03: 31.72 min	July 26, 2009	Rome
4 × 50 m freestyle (short course) (with Dekker , Schreuder and de Jonge )	01: 33.25 min	December 11, 2009	Istanbul
4 × 50 m layers (short course) (with Dekker , Schreuder and Nijhuis )	01: 42.69 min	December 12, 2009	Istanbul
4 × 100 m freestyle (short course) (with Dekker , Schreuder and Veldhuis )	03: 28.22 min	December 19, 2008	Amsterdam
4 × 200 m freestyle (short course) (with Dekker , Heemskerk and Veldhuis )	07: 38.90 min	April 9, 2008	Manchester
(As of August 7, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Ranomi Kromowidjojo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ranomi Kromowidjojo in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
• Ranomi Kromowidjojo's (Dutch) weblog
• Profile at zwemkroniek.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.nd.nl/artikelen/2012/augustus/09/kromowidjojo-gehuldigd-in-sauwerd
2. ↑ 2012 LEN Awards: European Aquatic Athletes of the Year  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release on the LEN homepage