Margaretha Cornelia Galliard (25 November 1926 – 22 October 2019) was a Dutch swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She finished eighth in the same event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]
 Galliard in 1949 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 November 1926 Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 October 2019 (aged 92) Rijswijk, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ADZ, Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She wins the 100 m backstroke at the Great Prize of the town of Paris in September 1950.[3]
After marriage, she changed her last name from Galliard to van Leersum.[2]
Galliard died in October 2019 at the age of 92.[4]
References
edit- ^ Greetje GALLIARD. les-sports.info
- ^ a b Greetje Galliard's profile at Sports Reference.com Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "But et Club". Gallica. 1950-09-04. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ "Verslag Algemene Ledenvergadering d.d. 2 juli 2020 - KNZB". Archived from the original on 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
External links
edit- Photograph
- Greetje Galliard at World Aquatics
- Greetje Galliard at Olympics.com
- Greetje Galliard at Olympedia
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