Cor Kint
 Cor Kint in 1938 | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's swimming | ||
Competitor for the  Netherlands
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| European Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1938 London | 100 m backstroke |
Cornelia "Cor" Kint (1920, Rotterdam, the Netherlands – 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 had not been broken for a period of 21 years - the longest ever in swimming (due to rule chances 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). In 1971, she was introduced to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]
References
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- ↑ EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). gbrathletics.com
- ↑ Cor Kint. zwemmenindepolder.nl
- ↑ COR KINT (NED) 1971 Honor Swimmer. www.ishof.org
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| Preceded by Nida Senff Iet van Feggelen |
Women's 100 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) 1 November 1938 – 10 November 1938 22 September 1939 – 5 December 1956 |
Succeeded by Iet van Feggelen Judy Grinham |
Preceded by Ragnhild Hveger Iet van Feggelen |
Women's 200 metre backstroke world record holder (long course) 17 April 1938 – 26 October 1938 26 November 1939 – 2 April 1950 |
Succeeded by Iet van Feggelen Geertje Wielema |
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