Tilly van der Zwaard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tilly van der Zwaard

Dutch sprinter and middle-distance runner

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1938

Place of Birth: Leiden, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 06-Feb-2019

Profession: sprinter, middle-distance runner

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Tilly van der Zwaard (18 January 1938 – 6 February 2019) was a 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.
She died in February 2019.