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Susan "Sue" Jane Pedersen (born October 16, 1953), also known by her married name Susan Pankey, is an American former competition
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
, 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 The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...
in Mexico City, where she received a total of four medals.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Sue Pedersen
Retrieved September 8, 2015. 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. Individually, she received silver medals for her second-place finishes in the women's 100-meter freestyle (1:00.3), and women's 200-meter individual medley.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. 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. Pedersen was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the stu ...
as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1995.


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List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame is a history museum and hall of fame, serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around the world. List of the members of the International Swimming Hall ...
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. Women's events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 200 ...
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World record progression 200 metres freestyle This is a history of the progression of the world record for the 200 metres freestyle swimming event. It is a listing of the fastest-times-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) swimming pools. These records ...
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World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres medley relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres medley relay is a medley race in which each ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Susan 1953 births Living people American female medley swimmers American female freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Sportspeople from Sacramento, California Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming Swimmers at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming 20th-century American sportswomen