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Tilly van der Zwaard

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Club
  
Sagitta, Amsterdam

Weight
  
55 kg

Height
  
1.68 m

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Name
  
Tilly der


Tilly van der Zwaard

Born
  
18 January 1938 (age 86) (
1938-01-18
)

Sport
  
Middle distance running

Tilly van der Zwaard (born 18 January 1938) is a retired middle distance runner from the Netherlands. At the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade she won a bronze medal in the 400 m event, behind Maria Itkina of the Soviet Union and Joy Grieveson of Great Britain.

Van der Zwaard twice represented her native country in the 400 m event at the Summer Olympics, in 1964 and 1968. Her best achievement was sixth place in 1964.

She was born Mathilda Catrina van der Zwaard. On 25 November 1964 she married Ger van der Made and changed her name to van der Made-van der Zwaard. After divorce she dropped van der Made from her name.

References

Tilly van der Zwaard Wikipedia


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