Tilly van der Zwaard

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Tilly van der Zwaard
File:Tilly van der Zwaard 1964.jpg
Tilly van der Zwaard in 1964
Personal information
BornMathilda Catrina van der Zwaard
(1938-01-18)18 January 1938
Leiden, Netherlands
Died6 February 2019(2019-02-06) (aged 81)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportMiddle distance running
ClubSagitta, Amsterdam
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Belgrade 400 metres

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]

File:Tilly van der Zwaard with family 1966.jpg
Tilly van der Zwaard with husband and daughter Eveline in July 1966
File:Tilly van der Zwaard 1 in 2010.jpg
Tilly van der Zwaard in her garden in Edgewater, Florida, December 2010

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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