{{Short description|Dutch sprinter and middle-distance runner (1938–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{family name hatnote|van der Zwaard|Zwaard|lang=Dutch}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = Tilly van der Zwaard 1964.jpg | image_size = | caption = Tilly van der Zwaard in 1964 | birth_name = Mathilda Catrina van der Zwaard | full_name = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1938|01|18}} | birth_place = Leiden, Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|2|6|1938|1|18|df=y}} | death_place = Edgewater, Florida, U.S. | height = 1.68 m | weight = 55 kg | country = | sport = Middle distance running | club = Sagitta, Amsterdam | retired = | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's athletics }} {{MedalCountry | {{NED}} }} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1962 Belgrade | 400 metres }} }}
'''Tilly van der Zwaard''' (18 January 1938 – 6 February 2019)<ref name=olympedia /> was a middle distance runner from the Netherlands.<ref name=obit/> 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.<ref name=gbrathletics />
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.<ref name=sports-reference /> thumb|left|Tilly van der Zwaard with husband and daughter Eveline in July 1966 thumb|left|Tilly van der Zwaard in her garden in Edgewater, Florida, December 2010
She was born '''Mathilda Catrina van der Zwaard''' in Leiden, Netherlands.<ref name=sports-reference /> On 25 November 1964 she married Ger van der Made<ref name="Nationaal Archief" /> and changed her name to van der Made-van der Zwaard.<ref name="sports-reference" /> 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.<ref name="olympedia" /><ref name="obit" />
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73770 |title=Tilly van der Zwaard |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=6 August 2020 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607231211/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73770 |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=obit>{{cite web |url=https://www.atletiekunie.nl/nieuws/tilly-van-der-zwaard-overleden |title=Tilly van der Zwaard overleden |trans-title=Tilly van der Zwaard passed away |website=atletiekunie.nl |language=nl |access-date=10 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180330/https://www.atletiekunie.nl/nieuws/tilly-van-der-zwaard-overleden |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=gbrathletics>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm |title=European Championships (Women) |website=gbrathletics.com |accessdate=15 August 2011 |archive-date=21 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021170237/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ecw.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
<ref name=sports-reference>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tilly-van-der-made-van-der-zwaard-1.html |title=Tilly van der Made-van der Zwaard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tilly-van-der-made-van-der-zwaard-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="Nationaal Archief">{{cite web |url=http://proxy.handle.net/10648/aa8458ca-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84 |title=Huwelijk Tilly van der Zwaard met G. van der Made te Aalsmeer |trans-title=Marriage Tilly van der Zwaard with G. van der Made in Aalsmeer |work=Nationaal Archief |language=nl}}</ref>
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