Maria "Rie" van Veen (also Ria, Rietje) (11 February 1923 in

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– 1995) was a Dutch

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who won three medals at the

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. Earlier on 26 February 1938 she set a new world record in the 200 m freestyle. Between 1938 and 1942 she won all national titles in the 100 m and 400 m freestyle events; she also won the 100 m in 1937. She married Adrianus "Arie" Thuis, a swimming coach from

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, on 27 May 1943 and retired shortly thereafter.

References

1923 births 1995 deaths Dutch female freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World record setters in swimming Swimmers from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch women {{Netherlands-swimming-bio-stub