Margo Geer (born March 17, 1992) is an American competition

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specializing in sprint

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. She is the current head coach of

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’s men’s and women’s programs as of August 2021 following her bid for the Olympic Games.

Early life

She began swimming at the Springfield YMCA (SPY) in Springfield, Ohio under coaches Dave Johnson, Mickey McNeil and John Bishop at just four years old. She later swam for Fairbanks High School. She graduated the University of Arizona in 2014. Geer was a volunteer swim coach at Ohio State University during their 2016–17 season. She is an American competitive

who specializes in

events.

Career

Geer attended the

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, where she swam for the

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swimming and diving team. She was a three-time NCAA National Champion (50-yard freestyle in 2013; 100-yard freestyle in 2013 and 2014). She was also named the 2015 Pac-12 Woman of the Year. She represented the United States at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. T ...

where she won a gold medal swimming for the first-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter mixed freestyle relay, a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m mixed medley relay, and a bronze medal in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. After her collegiate career, she competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Trials, where she finished fifth in 2012.

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at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games ( es, Juegos Panamericanos de 2019, links=no), officially the XVIII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games or Lima 2019 ( qu, Limaq 2019), were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Spo ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Geer, Margo 1992 births Living people American female freestyle swimmers Arizona Wildcats women's swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in swimming Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games