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Nel Bos

former Dutch swimmer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ16115004 ↗
Source-derived summary

Petronella Johanna Maria "Nel" Bos (born 23 November 1947) is a retired swimmer from the Netherlands. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and 4 × 100 m medley relay and finished in seventh place in the last event.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Nel Bos” as former Dutch swimmer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around former, Dutch and swimmer.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 1968—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-11-23. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with former, Dutch and swimmer providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16115004. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1947 and 1968.

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This entry incorporates text from “Nel Bos” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.