Talk:Pieter van den Hoogenband
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He's often nickednamed the "Flying Dutchman" in swimming circles and by the media. Perhaps this bit could be included in the intro paragraph?
[edit] the dutch swimming tradition
In this article the author wrote that Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn "brought the Netherlands its first real victories in the sport".
However, this is not true. The dutch (ladie)swimmers have been succesfull since the 1920's. With Marie Braun, Willie den Ouden, Rie Mastenbroek, Nida Senff, Iet van Feggelen and Cor Kint the Netherlands dominated the sport in the 1930's. After World War Two the swimming world met Nel van Vliet, Geertje Wielema, Atie Voorbij, Cocky Gastelaars, Mary Kok, Jans Koster, Lenie de Nijs, Ada den Haan, Ria van Velsen, Tineke Lagerberg and of course Ada Kok; all of them were worldrecordholders. But the story continued in the 1970's and 1980's: Enith Brigitha, Annelies Maas, Conny van Bentum, Annemarie Verstappen, Petra van Staveren and Jolanda de Rover attained many medals at international tournaments.
Therefore, one cannot state that Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruijn were the first dutch international swimming stars. On the contrary, they are 'but' the last in a long tradition.
