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Nina Adams Harmer (born December 11, 1945), also known by her married name Nina Thompson, is an American former competition swimmer and Pan American Games gold medalist.

Nina Harmer

Personal information
Full name	Nina Adams Harmer
National team	United States
Born	(1945-12-11) December 11, 1945 (age 76) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Vesper Boat Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 100 m backstroke

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.[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 São Paulo, Brazil, she won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke.[2][3]

A year 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 4×100-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

External links

• Nina Harmer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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