Pauline van der Wildt
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Paulina Jacoba van der Wildt (born January 29, 1944 in Schiedam
Schiedam
Schiedam is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is part of the Rotterdam metropolitan area. The city is located west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen and south of Delft...

, Zuid-Holland) was a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 swimmer who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

 in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. Her teammates in that race, who clocked in at 4:12, were Toos Beumer
Toos Beumer
Catharina Johanna Beumer is a Dutch swimmer. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her team mates in that race, clocked in 4:12.0, were Pauline van der Wildt, Erica Terpstra and Winnie van Weerdenburg...

, Erica Terpstra
Erica Terpstra
Erica Georgine Terpstra is a retired Dutch freestyle swimmer, theosopher, sports journalist, state secretary and member of parliament. Between late 2003 and 18 May 2010 she was chairperson of the NOC*NSF...

 and Winnie van Weerdenburg
Winnie van Weerdenburg
Wilhelmina van Weerdenburg was a Dutch swimmer. Born in The Hague, she won the bronze medal in the 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Her team mates in that race, clocked in 4:12,0, were Toos Beumer, Erica Terpstra and Pauline van der Wildt...

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