Maria Wilhelmina "Rie" Briejer (10 March 1910 – 11 July 1999) was a Dutch sprint runner and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. She competed at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

in the

100 m The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

and

4 × 100 m relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is tetraphobia, considered unlucky i ...

and finished in fifth place in the relay.

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* 1910 births 1999 deaths Dutch female sprinters Dutch female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Leiden Athletes from South Holland Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Dutch sportswomen {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub