Description
Susan Gerard Rapp von der Lippe, n�e Susan Gerard Rapp, is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
She attended Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association and Pacific-10 Conference competition.
Rapp first qualified for the Olympic 1980 olympic games, but was unable to compete due to the US boycotting the Olympic games. Her fame came from the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. 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 4x100-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.
Four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics 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 40, von der Lippe qualified for the 2008 United States Olympic Trials in the 100-meter breaststroke.
Other Names
- Susan Rapp
Born
July 5th, 1965 in Eden Prairie (Age 59)
Last Changes
2023/10/16
New Response (Success): sent (3) cards - received signed
2023/10/16
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2023/07/03
New Response (Success): signed 2/2, also added a brief note to one.