Mary Sears (swimmer)
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| Full name | Mary Jane Sears | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 10, 1939 Portsmouth, Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Walter Reed Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mary Jane Sears (born May 10, 1939) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist. She represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a bronze medal for her third-place finish (1:14.4) in the women's 100-meter butterfly, finishing behind fellow Americans Shelley Mann and Nancy Ramey. She also competed in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing seventh in the event final with a time of 2:57.2.
See also
External links
- Mary Sears at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Mary Sears at Olympics.com
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- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
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