fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name nicknames
susan jane pedersen arden hills swim club sacramento , california 154 lb kg on 5 ft 9 in m on 16 october 1953 susan pedersen -lrb- swimmer -rrb-
 freestyle susan pedersen `` sue ''
susan pedersen -lrb- swimmer -rrb-

susan jane pedersen -lrb- born october 16 , 1953 -rrb- , 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 .
pedersen competed 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 4x100-meter medley relay , and another swimming for the first-place u.s. team in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay .
individually , she received silver medals for her second-place finishes in the women 's 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley .
she held the world record in the 200-meter freestyle -lrb- long course -rrb- -lrb- 2:09.5 -rrb- from july 6 , 1968 to august 2 , 1968 .
she was also a member of world-record u.s. teams in the 4x100-meter medley relay and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay .
pedersen was inducted into the international swimming hall of fame as an `` honor swimmer '' in 1995 .
