Cor Kint

Cor Kint

Kint in 1938
Personal information
Full name	Clasina Cornelia Kint
Born	(1920-07-22)22 July 1920 Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died	7 October 2002(2002-10-07) (aged 82) Coffs Harbour, Australia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the  Netherlands European Championships 1938 London 100 m backstroke

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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• Cor Kint at the International Swimming Hall of Fame

Records
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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