Iris Vera Tanner (20 November 1906 – 22 February 1971) was an English swimmer born in
Eastbourne
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, who competed in the
1924
Events
January
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and
1928 Summer Olympics
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. 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
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she won her second silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event, was sixth in the
400 m freestyle event and 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)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Women's events
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 ...
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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