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{{Short description|Dutch swimmer (1919–2003)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Rie Mastenbroek
| image = Rie Mastenbroek 1936.jpg
| caption = 
| national_team = {{NED}}
| fullname = Hendrika Wilhelmina Mastenbroek
| strokes = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]], [[backstroke]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|02|26}}
| birth_place = [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2003|11|06|1919|02|16}}
| death_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands
| height = 
| weight = 
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport  | Women's [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{NED}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] }}
{{MedalGold   | [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold   | 1936 Berlin | [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold   | 1936 Berlin | [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalSilver  | 1936 Berlin | [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre backstroke|100 m backstroke]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold| [[1934 European Aquatics Championships|1934 Magdeburg]] | 400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold| [[1934 European Aquatics Championships|1934 Magdeburg]] | 100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalGold| [[1934 European Aquatics Championships|1934 Magdeburg]] | 4×100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1934 European Aquatics Championships|1934 Magdeburg]] | 100 m freestyle}}
}}
 
'''Hendrika Wilhelmina''' "'''Rie'''" '''Mastenbroek''' (26 February 1919 &ndash; 6 November 2003) was a Dutch [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] and a triple [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] champion.<ref name=r1/>

==Biography==
Born in [[Rotterdam]], she started swimming under the coaching of "Ma" Braun, who had coached her daughter to an Olympic gold medal in 1928. In 1934, Mastenbroek won three gold medals and a silver at the European Championships.<ref name=r2/>

She repeated that performance at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], aged only 17, winning the 100&nbsp;m [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]], 400&nbsp;m freestyle and the 4×100&nbsp;m freestyle. In the 100&nbsp;m [[backstroke]], she finished second behind teammate [[Nida Senff]]. (Senff missed a turning point and had to swim back before completing the last 50&nbsp;m. She nevertheless beat Mastenbroek thanks to an outstanding last leg.)<ref name=r1/>

The following year she became a swimming instructor, thereby losing her amateur status and becoming ineligible for competition.

During her career she broke nine world records (six for backstroke and three for freestyle). In 1968 she was inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]]. In 1997 she received the [[Olympic Order]].

She died at age 84 in Rotterdam. After her death, ''Stichting Aquarius'' named the Rie Mastenbroek Trophy after her.

==See also==
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]

==References==
<references>
<ref name=r1>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/rie-mastenbroek-1.html |title=Rie Mastenbroek |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090456/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/rie-mastenbroek-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref>
<ref name=r2>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimecw.htm |title=EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN) |website=gbrathletics.com}}</ref>
</references>

{{Footer Olympic Champions 100 m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 400 m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions 4x100 m Freestyle Relay Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 400m Freestyle Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 100m Backstroke Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x100m Freestyle Women}}

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[[Category:1919 births]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers from Rotterdam]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands]]
[[Category:World record setters in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Dutch female freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Dutch female backstroke swimmers]]
[[Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Olympic Order]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:20th-century Dutch sportswomen]]