Nida Senff

{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (1920–1995)}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Nida Senff

| image = Nida Senff 1936.jpg

| caption =

| national_team = {{NED}}

| full_name = Dina Willemina Jacoba Senff

| nickname = Nida

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|04|03}}

| birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1995|06|27|1920|04|03}}

| death_place = Amstelveen, Netherlands

| height =

| weight =

| strokes = Backstroke

| medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport | Women's swimming }}

{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold| 1936 Berlin | 100 m backstroke }}

}}

Dina Willemina Jacoba "Nida" Senff (3 April 1920 – 27 June 1995) was a backstroke swimmer from the Netherlands who won the 100 metres backstroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. She did so after missing a turning point, went back to push the wall, and still won the race.{{cite book |last1=Wallechinsky |first1=David |title=The Complete Book To The Olympics |date=1984 |publisher=Penguin Books |location=England |isbn=0140066322 |pages=438 }} Senff won the Dutch title in the 100 metres backstroke in 1935 and 1937, and set five world records in 100 m, 150 yd and 200 m backstroke in 1936–1937.{{cite Sports-Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165342/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/nida-senff-1.html |title=Nida Senff |archive-date=2020-04-17 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/nida-senff-1.html |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.zwemmenindepolder.nl/zwemmers/zwemmers-1920-1940/nida-senff.html |title=Nida Senff |website=zwemmenindepolder.nl |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006235742/http://www.zwemmenindepolder.nl/zwemmers/zwemmers-1920-1940/nida-senff.html |archive-date=2018-10-06}} In 1983, she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/83/83nsenff.html |title=NIDA SENFF (NED) 1983 Honor Swimmer |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603182309/http://www.ishof.org/Honorees/83/83nsenff.html |archive-date=2012-06-03}}