Iris Vera Tanner (20 November 1906 – 22 February 1971) was an English swimmer born in Eastbourne, who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 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 Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle, 100 m freestyle event. In the Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle, 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 Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle, 400 m freestyle event and fourth in her heat in the semi-finals of Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle, 100 m freestyle event and did not advance.
See also
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
References
External links
Iris Tanner's profile at Sports Reference.com
1906 births
1971 deaths
English female freestyle swimmers
British female freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for 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
Sportspeople from Eastbourne
20th-century English sportswomen
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