Susan Pedersen (swimmer)

Susan Pedersen

Sue Pedersen (left) with coach Sherm Chavoor and Debbie Meyer in 1967

Personal information

Full name

Susan Jane Pedersen

Nickname

"Sue"

National team

United States

Born

October 16, 1953 (age 70)
Sacramento, California, U.S.

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Weight

154 lb (70 kg)

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Freestyle

Club

Arden Hills Swim Club

Coach

Sherm Chavoor

Medal record

Representing the United States

Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	4×100 m medley
	1968 Mexico City	4×100 m freestyle
	1968 Mexico City	100 m freestyle
	1968 Mexico City	200 m medley
Pan American Games
	1967 Winnipeg	800 m freestyle
	1967 Winnipeg	200 m medley
	1967 Winnipeg	400 m medley

Susan "Sue" 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]

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^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Sue Pedersen (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.

v t e 1968 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team	Larry Barbiere Brent Berk Greg Buckingham Mike Burton John Ferris Gary Hall Charlie Hickcox Jack Horsley Mitch Ivey Chet Jastremski Brian Job David Johnson William Johnson John Kinsella Philip Long Don McKenzie Ken Merten Ronnie Mills John Nelson David Perkowski Stephen Rerych Carl Robie Doug Russell Don Schollander Andy Strenk Mark Spitz Ross Wales Michael Wall Ken Walsh Zac Zorn
Women's Team	Susie Atwood Catie Ball Jane Barkman Patty Caretto Ellie Daniel Diane Giebel Linda Gustavson Kaye Hall Jan Henne Toni Hewitt Cathy Jamison Suzy Jones Claudia Kolb Pam Kruse Kendis Moore Debbie Meyer Susan Pedersen Susan Pitt Susan Shields Jane Swagerty Lynn Vidali Lillian Watson Sharon Wichman
Staff	Sherman Chavoor (women's head coach) Frank Elm (assistant) Don Gambril (assistant) George Haines (men's head coach) Bill Lippman, Jr. (manager) Olive Mucha (assistant) Edwin Olson (assistant) Kenneth Treadway (manager)