Nancy Simons

Medal record
Women’s swimming
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver	1956 Melbourne	4x100 m freestyle relay

Nancy Joan Simons-Peterson (born May 20, 1938 in Oakland, California) is a former American swimmer. She represented the United States as an eighteen-year-old at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where she won a silver medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay with Sylvia Ruuska, Shelley Mann, and Joan Alderson-Rosazza.^[1] She also competed individually in the 100-meter freestyle but was eliminated in the semifinals. She later married and took the last name Peterson.

References

1. ^ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/SWI/womens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay.html. Retrieved 2011-05-22. 

External links

• Nancy Simons biography and Olympic results, from http://www.sports-reference.com/.

Persondata
Name	Simons, Nancy
Alternative names	Peterson, Nancy
Short description	Former American swimmer and Olympic silver medalist.
Date of birth	May 20, 1938
Place of birth	Oakland, California, United States
Date of death
Place of death