Nel van Vliet

Given name(s): Nel, Petronella

Surname(s): van Vliet

Gender: Female

Birth date: 1926 January 17

Birth place: Hilversum, the Netherlands

Death date: 2006 January 4

Death place: Naarden, the Netherlands

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nel_van_Vliet

Description: At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, she was the winner of the women's 200 metres breaststroke event. Just one week after having won the gold medal, the medal was stolen from her home during a burglary.

Petronella van Vliet