Vera Tanner
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's swimming | ||
Representing  Great Britain
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1924 Paris | 4×100 m freestyle |
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1928 Amsterdam | 4×100 m freestyle |
Iris Vera Tanner (20 November 1906 – 22 February 1971) was an English swimmer born in Eastbourne,[1] who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics. At the 1924 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event and was fifth in the 100 m freestyle event. In the 400 m freestyle competition she was eliminated in the semi-finals. Four years later in Amsterdam she won her second silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event, was sixth in the 400 m freestyle event and was fourth in her heat in the semi-finals of 100 m freestyle event and did not advance.
See also
References
- ^ England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Iris Vera Tanner; Oct-Nov-Dec quarter 1906; District: Eastbourne; Volume: 2b; Page: 74.
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- 1906 births
- 1971 deaths
- English female swimmers
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- People from Eastbourne
- British swimming Olympic medallist stubs