Nina Harmer
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| Full name | Nina Adams Harmer | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | December 11, 1945 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Vesper Boat Club | ||||||||||||||
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Nina Adams Harmer (born December 11, 1945) is an American former competition swimmer.
Harmer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and trained with the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia.[1] As a 14-year-old, she represented the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[1] She competed in the women's 100-meter backstroke, but did not advance beyond the preliminary heats.[1]
At the 1963 Pan American Games in Sao Paolo, Brazil, she won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke.[2][3]
Four years later at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Harmer swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4x100-meter medley relay.[4] She did not receive a medal under the 1964 international swimming rules because she did not swim in the relay event final. Individually, she also competed in the women's 100-meter backstroke, finishing fifth in the event final with a time of 1:09.4, behind American teammates Cathy Ferguson (first) and Ginny Duenkel (third).[1][5]
References
- ^ a b c d Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Nina Harmer. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
- ^ Canadian Press-Associated Press, "B.C. Oarsmen Take Gold Medal," The Leader-Post (April 29, 1963). Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ HickokSports.com, Sports History, Pan American Games Women's Swimming Medalists. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Backstroke Final. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
External links
- Nina Harmer – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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