Susan Rapp

Women's swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games Template:GoldSilver
Silver	1984 Los Angeles	200 m breast
Pan American Games
Silver	1983 Caracas	200 m breast
Bronze	1983 Caracas	200 m medley

Susan Gerard Rapp von der Lippe (born July 5, 1965), née Susan Gerard Rapp, is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.

She attended Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition.

Rapp first qualified for the Olympic 1980 olympic games, but was unable to compete due to the US boycotting the Olympic games. Her fame came from the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She won a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing with a time of 2:31.15. She earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4x100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also finished seventh in the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke, recording a time of 1:11.45.^[1]

Four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Rapp competed in the B Final of the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing thirteenth overall with a time of 2:32.90.^[1]

At the age of 40, von der Lippe qualified for the 2008 United States Olympic Trials in the 100-meter breaststroke.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Susan Rapp. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
↑ "In the Water with Susan von der Lippe," USASwimming.org (2007). Retrieved October 15, 2007.

External links

Susan Rapp – Olympic Games results at databaseOlympics.com

v t e 1980 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Steve Barnicoat Bill Barrett Craig Beardsley Mike Bottom Mike Bruner Rick Carey Chris Cavanaugh Jeff Float Bill Forrester Rowdy Gaines Brian Goodell Matt Gribble John Hencken Bob Jackson Kris Kirchner David Larson Steve Lundquist Glenn Mills John Moffet Ron Neugent William Paulus Peter Rocca Brian Roney John Simons Dave Sims Dave Thornton Jesse Vassallo

Women's Team	Terri Baxter Lisa Buese Linda Burton Kim Carlisle Tracy Caulkins Stephanie Elkins Nancy Hogshead Linda Jezek Libby Kinkead Karin LaBerge Kim Linehan Marybeth Linzmeier Mary T. Meagher Joan Pennington Susan Rapp Jill Sterkel Susie Thayer Susan Walsh Sippy Woodhead

Coaches	Paul Bergen Don Gambril George Haines Denny Pursley Randy Reese Mark Schubert

v t e 1984 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Matt Biondi Rick Carey Chris Cavanaugh George DiCarlo Jeff Float Geoff Gaberino Rowdy Gaines Matt Gribble Bruce Hayes Mike Heath Tom Jager Patrick Kennedy Jeff Kostoff David Larson Robin Leamy Steve Lundquist John Moffet Pablo Morales John Mykkanen Mike O'Brien Richard Saeger Rich Schroeder Jesse Vassallo Dave Wilson

Women's Team	Theresa Andrews Tracy Caulkins Tiffany Cohen Sue Heon Nancy Hogshead Jenna Johnson Kim Linehan Mary T. Meagher Betsy Mitchell Susan Rapp Kim Rhodenbaugh Michelle Richardson Carrie Steinseifer Jill Sterkel Dara Torres Tori Trees Mary Wayte Amy White Sippy Woodhead

Coaches	Ron Ballatore Ray Bussard Don Gambril George Haines Charlie Hodgson Doug Ingram Frank Keefe Skip Kenney Richard Quick Randy Reese Mark Schubert

v t e 1988 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Mike Barrowman David Berkoff Steve Bigelow Matt Biondi Matt Cetlinski Troy Dalbey Mark Dean Doug Gjertsen Chris Jacobs Tom Jager Shaun Jordan Dan Jorgensen Lars Jorgensen Jeff Kostoff Brent Lang Jay Mortenson Craig Oppel Rich Schroeder Kirk Stackle Bill Stapleton Melvin Stewart Dan Veatch Daniel Watters Dave Wharton

Women's Team	Beth Barr Tami Bruce Janet Evans Leigh Ann Fetter Erika Hansen Andrea Hayes Whitney Hedgepeth Janel Jorgensen Mitzi Kremer Susan Johnson Tracey McFarlane Mary T. Meagher Betsy Mitchell Trina Radke Susan Rapp Jill Sterkel Dara Torres Laura Walker Mary Wayte Paige Zemina

Coaches	Steve Bultman Dick Hannula (manager) Mitch Ivey Frank Keefe Skip Kenney Richard Quick Eddie Reese Randy Reese Mark Schubert

Persondata
Name	Rapp, Susan
Alternative names	Rapp, Susan Gerard; Rapp, Susan G.; Rapp von der Lippe, Susan; von der Lippe, Susan
Short description	American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist
Date of birth	July 5, 1965
Place of birth	Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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