Tilly van der Zwaard
| File:Tilly van der Zwaard 1964.jpg Tilly van der Zwaard in 1964 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mathilda Catrina van der Zwaard 18 January 1938 Leiden, Netherlands |
| Died | 6 February 2019 (aged 81) Edgewater, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Middle distance running |
| Club | Sagitta, Amsterdam |
Medal record | |
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Tilly van der Zwaard (18 January 1938 – 6 February 2019)[1] was a middle distance runner from the Netherlands.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
She was born Mathilda Catrina van der Zwaard in Leiden, Netherlands.[4] On 25 November 1964 she married Ger van der Made[5] and changed her name to van der Made-van der Zwaard.[4] After their divorce, she dropped van der Made from her name. She moved to the United States after retiring from athletics and died February 2019 in Edgewater, Florida.[1][2]
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- 1938 births
- 2019 deaths
- 20th-century Dutch sportswomen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes from South Holland
- Dutch women sprinters
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
- Sportspeople from Leiden