Mary Sears (swimmer)

Mary Sears

Personal information
Full name	Mary Jane Sears
National team	United States
Born	(1939-05-10) May 10, 1939 Portsmouth, Virginia
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke, butterfly
Club	Walter Reed Swim Club
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne 100 m butterfly Pan American Games 1955 Mexico City 4×100 m medley 1955 Mexico City 200 m breaststroke

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

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)

References

• Mary Sears – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com

1956 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team	George Breen Dick Hanley Robert Hughes Tim Jecko Ford Konno Frank McKinney Jack Nelson George Onekea Yoshi Oyakawa Reid Patterson David Radcliff Sonny Tanabe Albert Wiggins Bill Woolsey William Yorzyk
Women's Team	Betty Brey Carin Cone Susan Gray Kay Knapp Shelley Mann Mary Anne Marchino Maureen Murphy Nancy Ramey Joan Rosazza Sylvia Ruuska Mary Sears Marley Shriver Nancy Simons