Tilly van der Made

Medal record

Tilly van der Made
Competitor for  Netherlands
Women's Athletics
European Championships
Bronze Belgrade 1962 400 metres

Tilly van der Made (born January 18, 1938, in Leiden, Zuid-Holland) is a retired female middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who was born as Mathilda Catrina van der Zwaard.

In 1962 in Belgrade she won a bronze medal in the European Championships 400 m event, behind Maria Itkina of the Soviet Union and Joy Grieveson of Great Britain.[1]

She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1964 (Tokyo) and 1968 (Mexico City). Her best Olympic achievement was coming in 6th in the 1964 400 m final.

References

  1. ^ "European Championships (Women)". Gbrathletics.com. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm. Retrieved August 15, 2011.