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Vera Tanner

Iris Vera Tanner (1928 Olympics)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1924 Paris 4×100 m freestyle 1928 Amsterdam 4×100 m freestyle

Iris Vera Tanner (20 November 1906 – 22 February 1971) was an English swimmer born in Eastbourne, 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

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

References

1. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Iris Vera Tanner; Oct-Nov-Dec quarter 1906; District: Eastbourne; Volume: 2b; Page: 74.
2. "Vera Tanner". Roehampton University. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
3. "Vera Tanner". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links

• Iris Tanner's profile at Sports Reference.com
• Iris Tanner's profile at databaseOlympics

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