Mary Killman

{{Short description|American synchronized swimmer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Mary Killman | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = {{USA}} | strokes = Synchronized swimming | club = Santa Clara Aquamaids | coach = Mayuko Fujiki (Olympics)<br>Lori Eaton (Lindenwood) | collegeteam = Lindenwood Lions | partner = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|4|9}} | birth_place = Ada, Oklahoma, USA | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.68|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|60|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalSport| Synchronized swimming}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Guadalajara|Duet}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Guadalajara|Team Competition}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Toronto|Team Competition}} | updated = 14 March 2016 }} '''Mary Killman''' (born April 9, 1991) is an American synchronized swimmer. After switching to synchronized swimming from race swimming, Killman was a member of the teams that won silver medals in the duet and team competitions at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico and 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

==Biography== Killman was born on April 9, 1991, in Ada, Oklahoma, and grew up in Texas.<ref name=USSS/> She is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a federally recognized tribe based in Oklahoma. Originally a competitor in racing events, Killman began to participate in synchronized swimming competitions at the age of 11, and at age 15 gave up racing to focus exclusively on synchronized swimming.<ref name=indiancountry/>

After competing in youth competitions through the 2000s, in 2007 Killman was named to her first National Team at the mere age of 16. In 2009 Killman found success at the United States National Championships, finishing third in the solo competition, second in the duet competition, and first in the team competition.<ref name=USSS/> Shortly before the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, she was partnered with Mariya Koroleva to compete as a duet.<ref name=indiancountry/> At those games, Killman and Koroleva won a silver medal in the duet competition, and were part of the United States team that won a silver in the team competition as well.<ref name=USSS/> The pair qualified for the women's duet at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and due to the failure of the United States to qualify for the team event, they were the only American women to compete in synchronized swimming at those games.<ref name=SI/>

Following the 2012 Olympics, Killman joined the Lindenwood University synchronized swimming team,<ref name=WJ/> one of six collegiate varsity synchronized programs in the United States<ref name=Synchro/> and is currently a four times USA synchro athlete of the year (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014); she holds five US senior national solo titles (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) and three US collegiate national solo titles (2013, 2014, 2015) with the 4th consecutive title not claimed due to not competing at the collegiate level for her senior year.

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<ref name=USSS>{{cite web|title=Mary Killman|url=http://www.usasynchro.org/National_Teams/nt1/killman.htm|publisher=United States Synchronized Swimming, Inc|accessdate=5 July 2012}}</ref> <ref name=indiancountry>{{cite news|last=Laskaris |first=Sam |title=London-Bound: An Interview With Mary Killman, Olympic Synchronized Swimmer |url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/06/11/london-bound-an-interview-with-mary-killman-olympic-synchronized-swimmer-116259 |accessdate=5 July 2012 |newspaper=Indian Country |date=11 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625090205/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/06/11/london-bound-an-interview-with-mary-killman-olympic-synchronized-swimmer-116259 |archivedate=25 June 2012 }}</ref> <ref name=SI>{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Amana|title=Synchronized swimming duet sacrifices normalcy for Olympics|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20120124/killman-koroleva-synchronized-swimming/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129134850/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/news/20120124/killman-koroleva-synchronized-swimming/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2012|accessdate=5 July 2012|newspaper=Sports Illustrated|date=24 January 2012}}</ref> <ref name=WJ>{{cite news|last=Eighinger|first=Steve|publisher=Wentzville Journal|url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/84444601/olympic-synchronized-swimmer-ready-hit-pool-lindenwood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235644/http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/84444601/olympic-synchronized-swimmer-ready-hit-pool-lindenwood|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=Olympic synchronized swimmer ready to hit pool at Lindenwood|date=December 19, 2012|accessdate=March 2, 2013}}</ref> <ref name=Synchro>{{cite web|publisher=US Synchro|url=http://www.usasynchro.org/Collegiate/synchroed.htm|title=Collegiate Programs/Teams|date=|accessdate=March 2, 2013}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Killman, Mary}} Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:American synchronized swimmers Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Citizen Potawatomi Nation people Category:Native American sportspeople Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic synchronized swimmers for the United States Category:Sportspeople from Ada, Oklahoma Category:Lindenwood University alumni Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming Category:Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:21st-century Native American women Category:21st-century Native American people Category:Sportspeople from Oklahoma