Erin Dobratz (born October 19, 1982 in

Concord, California Concord ( ) is the largest city in Contra Costa County, California. According to an estimate completed by the United States Census Bureau, the city had a population of 129,295 in 2019 making it the eighth largest city in the San Francisco Ba ...

) is a retired American synchronized swimmer. She shared a silver medal in the combination routine, and captured a bronze for the Americans in the team event at the

2003 FINA World Championships The 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 12–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. The championships featured competition in all 5 of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming, Water Polo, and Open Water Swimming. C ...

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. On that same year, Dobratz added a gold to her career hardware in the same tournament at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

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. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, Dobratz helped the Team USA reclaim its spot to the medal podium with a bronze medal in the women's team event. Dobratz is also a graduate of

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, and a member of the

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women's synchronized swimming team. Dobratz qualified for the women's team routine, as a member of the American squad, at the

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. Dobratz helped the Americans score a third-place technical merit of 48.584 points, and went on to capture the bronze medal for her squad with a free routine of 48.834 to accumulate a total score of 97.418.

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Player Bio – Stanford Cardinal
1982 births Living people American synchronized swimmers Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in synchronized swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Concord, California Stanford Cardinal women's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in synchronized swimming Synchronized swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub