Maarten van Dulm

Maarten van Dulm (4 August 1879 โ€“ 25 April 1949) was a vice-admiral of the Royal Dutch Navy[1] and Olympic fencer.[2]

Maarten van Dulm
Personal information
Born(1879-08-04)4 August 1879
Arnhem, Netherlands
Died25 April 1949(1949-04-25) (aged 69)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Bronze medal โ€“ third place1924 ParisSabre, team

Van Dulm participated at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, in the single and team sabre competition and the team sabre competition respectively. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre competition in 1924.[3][4]

Van Dulm joined the Royal Netherlands Navy in 1900 and was editor of the naval newspaper (Marineblad) from 1919 to 1922. He became a commander in 1924 and would eventually rise to the rank of vice-admiral. He was commander in chief of the Dutch East-India fleet from 1934-1936.

Honours

References

  1. (in Dutch) Het falen van de Nederlandse gewapende neutraliteit, september 1939 - mei 1940, T. van Gent, 2009, dissertation at the Institutional repository of the University of Amsterdam
  2. "Maarten van Dulm". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. "Olympics Statistics: Maarten van Dulm". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  4. "Maarten van Dulm Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
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