EntityQ5491650· pop 6· linked from 38 articlesNancy MerkiSign in to saveAmerican swimmer, Olympic athlete (1926-2014)ConnectionsUnited StatesCountryWorld War IIConceptPortlandEntityAlzheimer's diseaseEntityIMDbEntitypoliomyelitisEntityThe New York TimesEntity1948 Summer OlympicsEntitycompetitive swimmingEntityAshevilleEntity1940 Summer OlympicsEntitypolio vaccineEntityHendersonvilleEntityfreestyle swimmingEntityswimming at the 1948 Summer OlympicsEntityAnn CurtisEntityJimmy McLaneEntityWally RisEntityBill SmithEntityAllen StackEntityCategories1926 births2014 deaths20th-century American sportswomenAmerican female freestyle swimmersDeaths from Alzheimer's disease in North CarolinaOlympic swimmers for the United StatesSwimmers at the 1948 Summer OlympicsSwimmers from Portland, Oregon