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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Susan Pedersen is the 192nd most popular swimmer (up from 251st in 2019), the 11,585th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,001st in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Susan Pedersen ranks 192 out of 709. Before her are Bill Smith, Annie Speirs, Rica Reinisch, Mina Wylie, Helen Wainwright, and Shiro Hashizume. After her are Missy Franklin, Albán Vermes, Sandra Morgan, Roland Schoeman, Enith Brigitha, and Boy Charlton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Susan Pedersen ranks 540. Before her are Yahya Ould Hademine, Willy Rampf, Gus Williams, Peter Sarnak, Evelin Kaufer, and Raad Hammoudi. After her are Kaarlo Maaninka, Néjib Ghommidh, Kay Lenz, Ron Underwood, Filbert Bayi, and Aleksandr Poleshchuk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Pedersen ranks 11,587 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Grenell (1966), Virginia Weidler (1927), Jaime King (1979), F. Gary Gray (1969), Charles Manring (1929), and Lamar Odom (1979). After her are Joe Hunt (1919), Dustin Farnum (1874), Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Jo Jorgensen (1957), Dennis Chambers (1959), and Dominique Swain (1980).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Susan Pedersen ranks 82. Before her are Amedee Reyburn (1889), John Hencken (1954), Marie Corridon (1930), Sybil Bauer (1903), Bill Smith (1924), and Helen Wainwright (1906). After her are Missy Franklin (1995), Allison Schmitt (1990), Dana Vollmer (1987), Matt Vogel (1957), Kaye Hall (1951), and Melissa Belote (1956).

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