Thierry de Briey explained

Thierry de Briey
Nationality:	Belgian
Sport:	Equestrian
Birth Date:	29 December 1895
Birth Place:	Brussels, Belgium
Death Place:	Bergen-Belsen, Germany

Thierry de Briey (29 December 1895  - 11 April 1945) was a Belgian equestrian.^[1] He competed in the individual jumping event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.^[2] A member of the Belgian Resistance,^[3] he was killed in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War II.^[4]

Personal life

In 1940, after the invasion of Belgium by German forces, de Briey became a member of the Belgian Resistance.^[3] He was arrested in February 1944 and was first deported to Buchenwald and then Harzungen. 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thierry de Briey . Olympedia . 29 October 2020.
2. Thierry de Briey Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062431/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/thierry-de-briey-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 13 April 2020.
3. Web site: Thierry de Briey (1895 - 1945) . 29 October 2020 . Antwerpen1920.
4. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 April 2020 . Sports Reference.