Tenny Wyss

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameElisabeth Hedwig "Tenny"•Wyss (-Däschler)
Used nameTenny•Wyss
Other namesTenny Wyß
Born10 April 1916 in Basel, Basel-Stadt (SUI)
Died28 March 2001 (aged 84 years 11 months 18 days) in Basel, Basel-Stadt (SUI)
AffiliationsBSC Old Boys, Basel (SUI)
NOC Switzerland

Biography

Swiss competitive swimmer Tenny Wyss represented the BSC Old Boys club in Basel. Wyss specialised in the breaststroke and swam in the 200 metres event at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Her brother Robert was a noted water polo player in the 1920s and the 1930s.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Swimming (Aquatics) SUI Tenny Wyss
200 metres Breaststroke, Women (Olympic) 23

Olympic family relations