Vera Tanner

Iris Vera Tanner (20 November 1906 – 22 February 1971) was an English swimmer born in Eastbourne,[1] who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.

[2] 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.

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