Alida de Vries

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Alida de Vries (Alida Elisabeth Christina "Ali" De Vries, married name Gerritsen; 9 August 1914 – 20 January 2007) was a Dutch athlete, who finished in fifth position at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 m relay event alongside Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen and Elisabeth Koning. She was born in Den Helder. She died at the age of 92 in her hometown Amsterdam.

References

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Category:1914 births

Category:2007 deaths

Category:Dutch sports executives and administrators

Category:Dutch female sprinters

Category:Olympic athletes for the Netherlands

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Category:Sportspeople from Den Helder

Category:Olympic female sprinters

Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen

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