Catharina "Tini" Wilhelmina Wagner (17 December 1919,
Amsterdam – 2 June 2004,
Soest) was a
freestyle
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swimmer
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from the
Netherlands, who represented her native country at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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in
Berlin, Germany
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.
In 1936 she won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, alongside
Willy den Ouden,
Rie Mastenbroek
Hendrika "Rie" Wilhelmina Mastenbroek (26 February 1919 – 6 November 2003) was a Dutch swimmer and a triple Olympic champion.
Biography
Born in Rotterdam, she started swimming under the coaching of "Ma" Braun, who had coached her daughte ...
and
Jopie Selbach. In the
100 m freestyle competition she finished fifth and in the
400 m freestyle event she finished seventh.
External links
Tini Wagner's profile at the Dutch Olympic Committee
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1919 births
2004 deaths
Dutch female freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Swimmers from Amsterdam
World record setters in swimming
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in swimming
20th-century Dutch women
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