Dorien Berendina Lubertha de Vries (born 7 December 1965 in
Enschede) is a
sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
The profession of the s ...
from the
Netherlands
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who represented her country at the
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in
Barcelona
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De Vries took the Bronze medal on the
Women's Lechner A-390.
De Vries returned to the
1996 Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Savannah, Georgia
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where she took 10th place on the
Women's Mistral One Design.
Further reading
1992 Olympics (Barcelona)
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1996 Olympics (Savannah)
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1965 births
Living people
Dutch female sailors (sport)
Dutch windsurfers
Female windsurfers
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic medalists in sailing
Olympic sailors for the Netherlands
Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Enschede
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