Jan de Vries (athlete), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan de Vries (athlete)

Dutch sprinter

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1896

Place of Birth: Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1939

Profession: association football player, athletics competitor

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Jan Cornelis ("Jan") de Vries (2 March 1896 in Zwolle – 19 April 1939 in 's-Gravenhage) was a Dutch athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. De Vries competed for the Netherlands in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 4 x 100 metres relay, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jacob Boot, Harry Broos, and Marinus van den Berge.