What is Tilly van der Zwaard?
[[File:Tilly van der Zwaard 1 in 2010.jpg|right|200px]] '''Tilly van der Zwaard''' (18 January 1938 – 6 February 2019) was a Dutch [[middle-distance running|middle distance]] [[Running|runner]]. She was born in [[Leiden]], [[the Netherlands]]. She participated in the [[1962 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Belgrade]] where she won a [[bronze medal]] in the [[400 metres|400 m]] event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm |title=European Championships (Women) |publisher=Gbrathletics.com |access-date=15 August 2011}}</ref> Van der Zwaard twice represented her native country in the 400 m event at the [[Summer Olympics]], in [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] and [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]].<ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tilly-van-der-made-van-der-zwaard-1.html Tilly van der Made-van der Zwaard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tilly-van-der-made-van-der-zwaard-1.html |date=2020-04-18 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> Her best achievement was sixth place in 1964.<ref name=r1/> Van der Zwaard died in [[Edgewater, Volusia County, Florida|Edgewater, Florida]] on 6 February 2019 from complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]], aged 81.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.atletiekunie.nl/nieuws/tilly-van-der-zwaard-overleden |title=Tilly van der Zwaard overleden |access-date=2019-02-12 |archive-date=2019-02-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190213055835/https://www.atletiekunie.nl/nieuws/tilly-van-der-zwaard-overleden |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zwaard, Tilly van der}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Dutch athletes]] [[Category:Middle-distance runners]] [[Category:Olympians for the Netherlands]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Leiden]] {{sports-bio-stub}}