Erin Dobratz

Erin Dobratz

Personal information
Full name	Erin Patricia Dobratz
Nationality	United States
Born	(1982-10-19) 19 October 1982 (age 42) Concord, California, United States
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Event	Synchronized swimming
College team	Stanford University (USA)
Medal record Women's synchronized swimming Representing the   United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team World Championships 2003 Barcelona Combination 2003 Barcelona Team Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Erin Patricia Dobratz (born October 19, 1982 in Concord, California) is a retired American synchronized swimmer who competed for Stanford, and won a bronze medal in the team event in synchronized swimming at the 2004 Athens Olympics. ^{[1] [2]}

Born October 18, 1982 in Concord, California, to Carl and Judy Dobratz, Erin graduated Concord's Clayton Valley High School. Beginning her participation in synchronized swimming by the age of nine, she was a member of the U.S. Junior National Team member as a High School upperclassman. In 2001, she placed third in duet and second in team at the America's Cup. In 1998, she captured gold in America's Cup team competition. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Nearing the end of High School, she was not selected to participate in the 2000 Olympics. ^[4]

Stanford University

She attended Stanford University from around 2001-2005, intending to graduate in communications. She competed for the Stanford Cardinal women's synchronized swimming team and was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. ^[5] At Stanford, at Collegiate Nationals for the 2002 season, Erin captured a third place in Duet, trio, and team competition. In her early years at Stanford in 2001, she was an Academic All-American, and in collegiate nationals captured a second overall place in competition with second places in team, duet and trio. She took time off from Stanford in the 2003-2004 season to prepare for the 2004 Olympics. ^[3]

International competition

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 in Barcelona, Spain. ^[6] In that same year, Dobratz added a gold to her career hardware in the same tournament at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. ^[7]

2004 Athens Olympic bronze medal

Dobratz qualified for the women's team routine, as a member of the American squad, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She helped the Americans score a third-place technical merit of 48.584 points, and had a free routine of 48.834 to accumulate a total score of 97.418, helping the Americans to win the women's team event. The Russian team took the gold, with the team from Japan taking the silver medal. ^{[8] [9] [2]}

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Erin Dobratz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
2. "Olympedia Biography, Erin Dobratz". olympedia.org. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
3. "Stanford University Cardinals, Erin Dobratz". gostanford.com. Retrieved May 27, 2025.
4. "Synchronized Swimming, Erin Dobratz", Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, August 8, 2004, pg. 27
5. Gafni, Matthias (1 August 2012). "Tiny Clayton produces two bronze medalists". San Jose Mercury News . Retrieved 24 March 2014.
6. "Japan Wins First-Ever Free Routine Combo Synchro Event". Swimming World Magazine. 16 July 2003. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
7. Eymer, Rick (20 August 2003). "Swimming highlights American gold mining in the Dominican Republic". Palo Alto Weekly . Retrieved 24 March 2014.
8. "Russia, Japan, USA line up again for team synchronized swimming". USA Today. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
9. "Synchronized Swimming: Women's Team Event". Athens 2004 . BBC Sport. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

External links

• Player Bio – Stanford Cardinal