Tilly van der Zwaard

In this Dutch name, the surname is van der Zwaard, not Zwaard.

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]

Tilly van der Zwaard

Tilly van der Zwaard in 1964
Personal information
Born	Mathilda Catrina van der Zwaard (1938-01-18)18 January 1938 Leiden, Netherlands
Died	6 February 2019(2019-02-06) (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 Women's athletics Representing  Netherlands European Championships 1962 Belgrade 400 metres

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]

Tilly van der Zwaard with husband and daughter Eveline in July 1966

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]