Nancy Simons

Nancy Joan Simons (born May 20, 1938), later known by her married name Nancy Peterson, is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States as an eighteen-year-old at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where she won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay with Sylvia Ruuska, Shelley Mann and Joan Rosazza.[1] She also competed individually in the women's 100-meter freestyle, but did not advance beyond the event semifinals.

Not to be confused with Nancy Simmons.

Nancy Simons
Personal information
Full nameNancy Joan Simons
National team United States
Born (1938-05-20) May 20, 1938
Oakland, California
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubChicago Town Club

Swim career

Nancy had been swimming at the start from a very young age. When she first started to compete, it was for the Chicago Town Club.[2] She later on got the opportunity to go and compete at a higher level in the Olympics.

Education

Nancy attended and graduated from Western University, Evanston, Illinois.[3] When she was a freshman in college, her swim coach knew she was talented. Her coaches name was Walter Schlueter and he was a former Olympic swimming coach.[4]

Personal

Nancy was raised by her parents Neil Simons and Joan Baim. They both were writers.[5] Nancy grew up with one sister. Her name was Ellen Simon. Ellen was a screenwriter.[6]

Nancy met Woody Harrelson and married him on June 29, 1985.[7] Their marriage took place in Tijuana, Mexico.[8] Woody Harrelson is an American Actor.[9] They were only married for one year and were divorced on January 20, 1986.[10] A couple years later Nancy met David Florimbi. He’s an American artist.[11] They were married by the year 1992 and got married in Italy.[12] One year after their marriage they had their first child. The two of them share one daughter together, her name is Sophia Florimbi. She was born in 1993.[13]

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 22, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
  2. Bettmann. "Nancy Simons Northwestern University freshmen, is considered news photo". Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  3. Bettmann. "Nancy Simons Northwestern University freshman, is considered news photo". Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  4. Bettmann. "Nancy Simons Northwestern University freshmen, is considered news photo". Retrieved October 2, 2020.
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  • Nancy Simons – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com


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