Nancy Joan Simons (born May 20, 1938), later known by her married name Nancy Peterson, is an American former competition
swimmer
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and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States as an eighteen-year-old at the
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, wh ...
in Melbourne, where she won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the
women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay with
Sylvia Ruuska,
Shelley Mann and
Joan Rosazza.
She also competed individually in the
women's 100-meter freestyle, but did not advance beyond the event semifinals.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
20 ...
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List of Stanford University people
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References
External links
Nancy Simons– Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
1938 births
Living people
American female freestyle swimmers
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
Sportspeople from Oakland, California
Stanford University alumni
Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
21st-century American women
Swimmers from California
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