Nancy Louise Swider-Peltz (born August 20, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former Olympic speed skater (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988) who held the world record in the 3,000 meters in 1976. She was the first U.S. Olympian to compete in four different Winter Olympics. She was elected to the National Speed Skating Hall of Fame.

She is a graduate of Maine South High School in Park Ridge, Illinois.

Nancy Swider-Peltz

Swider-Peltz coaches her daughter, Nancy Jr., who competed for the US at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Nancy Swider-Peltz

She is also a graduate of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. She now coaches at Park Ridge Speedskating Club.

Nancy Swider-Peltz

References

Sports-Reference bio

Living people

1956 births

American female speed skaters

Olympic speed skaters for the United States

Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Speed skaters from Chicago

Sportspeople from Wheaton, Illinois

Sportspeople from Park Ridge, Illinois

Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni

World record setters in speed skating

21st-century American women