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.
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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.
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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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See also
* 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 ...
* 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 ...
* 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 ...
* 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 ...
References
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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