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Suzanne
Zimmerman won a
silver medal at the
1948 London Summer
Olympic Games in the
100-meter backstroke
and was part of a
championship period
at the Multnomah
Athletic Club.
Born in 1925,
Zimmerman swam to
national fame while
competing under the
MAC banner and coach
Jack Cody. Along
with fellow
Olympians Brenda
Helser and Nancy
Merki, "Cody's Kids"
won 42 individual,
16 relay and three
national titles from
1939-48. Between
1942 and ’48, she
won 15 individual or
relay titles at the
national level.
Zimmerman was
inducted to the
Oregon Sports Hall
of Fame in 1988
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