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 The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

in the

4 x 100 m relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

event alongside Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen and

Elisabeth Koning Elisabeth Koning (''Elisabeth Goverdina "Lies" Koning,'' married name ''van der Stam;'' 7 November 1917 – 12 February 1975) was a Dutch sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer O ...

. She was born in

Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...

. She died at the age of 92 in her hometown Amsterdam.

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* 1914 births 2007 deaths Dutch sports executives and administrators Dutch female sprinters Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics People from Den Helder Olympic female sprinters {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub