Full name Susan Jane Pedersen Club Arden Hills Swim Club Weight 70 kg Height 1.75 m | National team United States Role Olympic athlete Nickname(s) "Sue" Name Susan Pedersen | |
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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, 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. 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.
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 as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1995.