Susan von der Lippe (née Susan Gerard Rapp on July 5, 1965) is an American competition

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, Olympic medalist, and Masters world record-holder in multiple events. She attended

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, where she swam for the

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swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) and

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competition. Rapp first qualified for the 1980 Olympic games, but was unable to compete due to the United States-led boycott of the Olympic games hosted by the Soviet Union. Four years later at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, she had significant success. She won a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing with a time of 2:31.15. She earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also finished seventh in the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke, recording a time of 1:11.45.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
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Retrieved November 14, 2012. Four years later at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, South Korea, Rapp competed in the B Final of the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing thirteenth overall with a time of 2:32.90. At the age of 42, von der Lippe qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100-meter breaststroke and 100-meter butterfly. , von der Lippe holds 61 individual

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pool records, across the 35–39, 40–44 and 45–49 age groups. She holds Masters World records in breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley in the 40–44 and 45–49 age groups.

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* * * * 1965 births Living people American female breaststroke swimmers American female medley swimmers Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming People from Eden Prairie, Minnesota Sportspeople from Hennepin County, Minnesota Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in swimming

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