Hendrika "Riek" Alida van Rumt (28 August 1897 in

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– 26 May 1985 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch

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. She won the gold medal as member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the

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in her native city.

References

Hendrika van Rumt at databaseOlympics.com
1897 births 1985 deaths Dutch female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for the Netherlands Gymnasts at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Gymnasts from Amsterdam Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub