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American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist
Nancy Simons
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American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist
A.K.A.
Nancy Joan Simons, Nancy Peterson
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Female
Place of birth
Oakland
Age
85 years
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Nancy Joan Simons (born May 20, 1938), later known by her married name Nancy Peterson, is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States as an eighteen-year-old at the 1956 Summer Olympics 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.
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Famous American Female Swimmers
I have been visualizing myself every night for the past four years standing on the podium having the gold placed around my neck. – Megan Quann
Famous Female Swimmers
I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them. – Amanda Beard
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