Desi Reijers

{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (born 1964)}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| Los Angeles | 4×100 m freestyle}}

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Dirkje Johanna "Desi" Reijers (born 4 June 1964) is a former freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (LA), United States.

There she won the silver medal with a time of 3:44.40 in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, alongside Conny van Bentum, Elles Voskes, and Annemarie Verstappen, just like a year earlier at the European LC Championships in Rome, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Desi REIJERS {{!}} Results {{!}} World Aquatics Official |url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1138766/desi-reijers |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=World Aquatics |language=en}} In LA, she was disqualified with the 4×100 m medley relay Team.

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060924231350/http://www.sport.nl/olympischarchief/home.php3/ Dutch Olympic Committee]

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Category:1964 births

Category:Living people

Category:Dutch female freestyle swimmers

Category:Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands

Category:Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands

Category:Sportspeople from Doetinchem

Category:Swimmers from Gelderland

Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming

Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen

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