Maarten van Dulm explained

Maarten van Dulm
Birth Date:	4 August 1879
Birth Place:	Arnhem, Netherlands
Death Place:	Wassenaar, Netherlands
Sport:	Fencing
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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.^[2]

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.^{[3] [4]}

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

Notes and References

1. 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. Web site: Maarten van Dulm . Olympedia . 26 October 2021.
3. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Maarten van Dulm . 27 March 2010 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121016203810/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=VANDUMAA01 . 16 October 2012 .
4. Web site: Maarten van Dulm Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112816/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/maarten-van-dulm-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 27 March 2010 . sports-reference.com.