Vera Tanner

{{Short description|English swimmer}}

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| birth_date = 20 November 1906

| birth_place = Eastbourne, Sussex, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|22 February 1971|20 November 1906|df=yes}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

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{{MedalCompetition| Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1924 Paris | 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver| 1928 Amsterdam | 4×100 m freestyle}}

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Iris Vera Tanner (20 November 1906 – 22 February 1971) was an English swimmer born in Eastbourne,England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Iris Vera Tanner; Oct-Nov-Dec quarter 1906; District: Eastbourne; Volume: 2b; Page: 74. who competed in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Vera Tanner |url=https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/alumni/alumna-exhibition/vera-tanner/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Roehampton University |language=en}} 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 fourth in her heat in the semi-finals of 100 m freestyle event and did not advance.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/47157 |title=Vera Tanner |work=Olympedia |access-date=16 November 2021}}