19 Facts About Ranomi Kromowidjojo

Ranomi Kromowidjojo has won a total of 45 medals in FINA World Championship events.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo won a total of three medals at the European Junior Swimming Championships in 2005 and 2006, in the 50 meter freestyle and butterfly events.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo made her international senior debut at the European LC Championships 2006 in Budapest, Hungary.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo started with the Swim Cup Eindhoven 2008, where she broke the national record in the 50 m backstroke long course, her first individual national record, and qualified for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in the 100 m freestyle.

In 2010 Ranomi Kromowidjojo took part in the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships winning individual gold medals in both the 50m freestyle and the 100m freestyle, setting a championship record of 51.45.

Later during the week, Ranomi Kromowidjojo set an Olympic record of 53.05 s in the semifinals of the 100 m freestyle.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo was honoured for her performances in the 2012 Holland Heineken House in London.

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Ranomi Kromowidjojo won the gold medal in the 50 m freestyle.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo lost her world title in the 50 meter freestyle to Bronte Campbell of Australia, winning the silver medal 0.10 s behind.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo competed in the Swim Cup Eindhoven in April 2017 in the 100 m freestyle and won gold with a time of 53.72, qualifying for Budapest World Championships.

The race was very close and in the first 50 m Femke Heemskerk had the lead but in the second 50 m Ranomi Kromowidjojo overtook her and finished first.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships and won the silver medal in the women's 50 metre butterfly event.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo had a perfect record of winning all the skin races at each match the team competed in.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo won the 50 freestyle in Budapest and came third in the 100 freestyle.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo's retirement was the second in a two-month period by a professional female Dutch swimmer who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games after Femke Heemskerk retired in December 2021.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo was born in Sauwerd to a Javanese Surinamese father and a Dutch mother.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo started swimming at the age of three, while on a family holiday in Spain.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo suffered viral meningitis while training with the national team in the Canary Islands in July 2010, but recovered to take part in the World Championships later that year.

Ranomi Kromowidjojo was a student at the Business School Notenboom in Eindhoven.