Marie Martha Kibler (later ''Philips'', June 29, 1912 – July 1, 1978) was an American

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

and placed fifth with the American team. She later married

Chet Phillips Chester Wilson "Chet" Phillips (October 23, 1913 – October 7, 1988) was an American gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. As a gymnast, Phillips was a member of the Temple Owls men's gymnastics team. He married M ...

, a fellow gymnast who also competed at the 1936 Games.

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1912 births 1978 deaths American female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for the United States Sportspeople from Atlantic City, New Jersey 20th-century American women {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub