Thierry de Briey (29 December 1895 – 11 April 1945) was a Belgian equestrian. He competed in the individual jumping event at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

. He was killed in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War II.

Personal life

In 1940, after the invasion of Belgium by German forces, de Briey became a member of the Belgian Resistance. He was arrested in February 1944 and was first deported to Buchenwald and then

Harzungen Harzungen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. Since July 2018, it is part of the municipality Harztor. During World War II a concentration camp with 4000 inmates was built in this city. ...

. After the evacuation of the latter camp, de Briey was forced to march to the Bergen-Belsen camp on foot; he died in the camp on 25 April 1945.

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* 1895 births 1945 deaths Belgian male equestrians Olympic equestrians of Belgium Equestrians at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brussels Belgian people who died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Belgian resistance members Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald concentration camp survivors {{Belgium-equestrian-bio-stub