Maarten van Dulm
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4 August 1879 Arnhem, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
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25 April 1949 (aged 69) Wassenaar, Netherlands | ||||||||||||
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Maarten van Dulm (4 August 1879 – 25 April 1949) was a vice-admiral of the Royal Dutch Navy[1] and olympic fencer.
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.[2][3]
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
- Knight of the order of the Netherlands Lion
- Commander of the order of Orange-Nassau
References
- ↑ (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
- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Maarten van Dulm". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
- ↑ "Maarten van Dulm Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
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