Susan Pedersen (swimmer)
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Full name | Susan Jane Pedersen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Sue" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sacramento, California | October 16, 1953|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Arden Hills Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Susan Jane Pedersen (born October 16, 1953), also known by her married name Susan Pankey, is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in two events.
As a 15-year-old, Pedersen represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where she received a total of four medals.[1] She won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter medley relay, and another swimming for the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, while setting Olympic records in both.[2] Individually, she received silver medals for her second-place finishes in the women's 100-meter freestyle (1:00.3),[3] and women's 200-meter individual medley.[4]
She held the world record in the 200-meter freestyle (2:09.5) from July 6, 1968 to August 2, 1968. She was also a member of world-record U.S. teams in the 4×100-meter medley relay and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[5]
Pedersen was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1995.[5]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 200 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Sue Pedersen. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Women's 200 metres Individual Medley Final. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- 1 2 International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Sue Pedersen (USA). Retrieved on September 8, 2015.
External links
- Sue Pedersen (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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