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Full name | Hendrika Anna Maria van der Horst | |||||||||||
Born | Rotterdam, the Netherlands | 10 August 1932|||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Club | RDZ, Rotterdam | |||||||||||
Coach | Ma Braun[1] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Hendrika Anna Maria "Ria" van der Horst (born 10 August 1932) is a former Dutch backstroke swimmer who participated in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. In 1948, she was fifth in 100 m backstroke, and in 1952 she was disqualified for an incorrect turn.[2][3] She won the gold medal in the same event at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships.[4]
Ria van der Horst at World Aquatics