Nancy Simons

{{Short description|American swimmer}}

{{Distinguish|Nancy Simmons}}

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| name = Nancy Simons

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| fullname = Nancy Joan Simons

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| national_team = {{USA}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Chicago Town Club

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|5|20|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Oakland, California

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | the United States}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1956 Melbourne | 4x100 m freestyle}}

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/SWI/womens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422080418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/SWI/womens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 22, 2020|title=Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=May 22, 2011}} She also competed individually in the women's 100-meter freestyle, but did not advance beyond the event semifinals.