Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr
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Nancy Swider-Peltz, Jr. is an American speed skater
who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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in Wheaton, IL in 2005. Swider-Peltz, Jr.'s mother, Nancy
, competed in four Winter Olympics as a speed skater from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s. She even competed against her mother at the Olympic trials in 2001. However, neither made the team.
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
who competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
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2010 Winter Olympics
In the 3000 m, Swider-Peltz, Jr. finished 9th overall with a time of 4:11.16.Personal
Nancy graduated from Wheaton North High SchoolWheaton North High School
Wheaton North High School, or WNHS, and locally referred to as "North," is a public four-year high school. It is located at the corner of Geneva Road and Gary Avenue in the northwest corner of Wheaton, Illinois, a middle-class western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
in Wheaton, IL in 2005. Swider-Peltz, Jr.'s mother, Nancy
Nancy Swider-Peltz
Nancy Louise Swider-Peltz was an Olympic speedskater from the United States 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...
, competed in four Winter Olympics as a speed skater from the mid 1970s to the late 1980s. She even competed against her mother at the Olympic trials in 2001. However, neither made the team.