Maarten van Dulm

Maarten van Dulm

Personal information
Born	4 August 1879 Arnhem, Netherlands
Died	25 April 1949 (aged 69) Wassenaar, Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Men's fencing Competitor for  Netherlands Olympic Games 1924 Paris Sabre, team

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

1. (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. "Olympics Statistics: Maarten van Dulm". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
3. "Maarten van Dulm Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-03-27.