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Cor Kint

Cor Kint

Dutch swimmer (1920–2002)

Clasina Cornelia "Cor" Kint (22 July 1920, Rotterdam – 7 October 2002, Coffs Harbour, Australia) was a Dutch backstroke swimmer who won the gold medal at the 1938 European Aquatics Championships.[1] Between 1938 and 1940 she was three times national champion in the 100 m backstroke and set five world records and four European records in the 100 m, 200 m, 100 yd and 150 yd backstroke events.[2] Her 150 yd and 200 m records stood for 11 year and her 100 m world record was not broken for a period of 21 years - the longest a record has ever stood in swimming.[3] In 1971, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[4]

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  1. [1]
    EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). gbrathletics.com
  2. [2]
    Cor Kint Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine. zwemmenindepolder.nl
  3. [3]
    Due to rule changes in 1956, the official world record lasted only 17 years, but her time was not equalled until 10 July 1960 by Ria van Velsen and not broken until 17 July 1960 by Lynn Burke).
    Kint's compatriot Willy den Ouden held the 100-meter freestyle world record for nearly 23 years (1933 to 1956), but Den Ouden broke her own record several times.
  4. [4]
    "COR KINT (NED) 1971 Honor Swimmer". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.

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