Suzanne Winona Zimmerman (July 13, 1925 – March 14, 2021), also known by her married name Suzanne Edwards, was an American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Zimmerman won a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke.

Zimmerman was born in Portland, Oregon. Growing up in Oregon, her swim coach was International Swimming Hall of Fame member Jack Cody. Along with fellow 1948 Olympians Brenda Helser and Nancy Merki, Zimmerman was part of the Multnomah Athletic Club team dubbed "Cody's Kids" that from 1939 to 1948, won 58 individual national swimming titles and three national team swimming championships. She is a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

Suzanne Zimmerman

See also

List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

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References

1925 births

2021 deaths

American female backstroke swimmers

Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming

Swimmers from Portland, Oregon

Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics

21st-century American women

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