Kelly Kryczka
{{short description|Canadian synchronized swimmer}}
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| fullname = Kelly Marie Kryczka
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| nationality = {{CAN}}
| strokes = Synchronized swimming
| club = Calgary Aquabelles
| coach = Debbie Muir
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|7|8}}
| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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{{MedalSport| Synchronized swimming}}
{{MedalCountry| {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 1984 Los Angeles|Duet}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Aquatics Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 1982 Guayaquil|Team}}
{{MedalGold | 1982 Guayaquil|Duet}}
{{MedalSilver | 1982 Guayaquil|Solo}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold | 1979 San Juan|Duet}}
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Kelly Kryczka (born July 8, 1961) is a Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming, world champion and Olympic medalist.
Career
Kelly Kryczka began synchronized swimming at the Calgary Glencoe Club and then moved on to train with the Calgary Aquabelles.{{cite web|title=The Aquabelles celebrate 50 years of synchro-sisterhood {{!}} Metro Calgary|url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2016/10/13/the-aquabelles-celebrate-50-years-of-synchro-sisterhood.html|website=metronews.ca|accessdate=19 May 2017|language=en}} She and Helen Vanderburg earned gold in duet at the 1979 Canadian Aquatic Championships, a gold medal in duet at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan,{{cite web|title=Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm|website=www.gbrathletics.com|accessdate=30 May 2017}} and gold at the Federation Internationale De Natation Amateur Cup in 1979.{{cite web|title=Kryczka, Kelly|url=http://ashfm.ca/hall-of-fame-honoured-members/browse/synchronized-swimming/kryczka-kelly|website=ashfm.ca|accessdate=19 May 2017}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Kryczka won the solo and duet events at the Canadian Aquatic Championships in 1980.
After Helen Vanderburg retired in 1979 Kryczka paired with Sharon Hambrook. They received a gold medal in duet at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, where Kryczka also received a silver medal in solo and a gold medal in the team event.{{cite web|title=World Swimming Championships|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimwc.htm|website=www.gbrathletics.com|accessdate=19 May 2017}}
Kryczka won a silver medal in the women's duet with Sharon Hambrook at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,{{cite web|title=SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING; CANADA IS EDGED BY U.S. PAIR|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/10/sports/synchronized-swimming-canada-is-edged-by-us-pair.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=19 May 2017|date=10 August 1984}} the first year that the sport was recognized by the Olympics.
Honours
Kelly Kryczka was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1996, and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.{{cite web|title=Kryczka, Kelly|url=http://ashfm.ca/hall-of-fame-honoured-members/browse/synchronized-swimming/kryczka-kelly|website=ashfm.ca|accessdate=20 May 2017}}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Family
Kryczka is the daughter of Alberta politician Karen Kryczka, and the niece of Joe Kryczka.{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/kryczka-karen-pearce-ba-bed-calgary-west|title=Kryczka, Karen Pearce, B.A., B.Ed. (Calgary-West)|last=Thomson|first=Gale|date=2005|website=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=2018-07-26}}{{cite web|url=http://canadianobits.com/notables/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/42|title=Kryczka, Karen - Progressive Conservative MLA, Calgary West|date=2016-09-14|website=Canadianobits.com|access-date=2018-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca/notices/Ted-Kryczka|title=Obituary for Ted Kryczka|date=2014|website=Fantin's Funeral Chapel|access-date=2018-07-16}}
References
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External links
- {{World Aquatics}}
- {{Team Canada|kelly-kryczka}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|kelly-kryczka}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- [http://ashfm.ca/hall-of-fame-honoured-members/browse/synchronized-swimming/kryczka-kelly Alberta Sports Hall of Fame]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Canadian synchronized swimmers
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in synchronized swimming
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Category:Olympic synchronized swimmers for Canada
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in synchronized swimming
Category:Swimmers from Calgary
Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1979 Pan American Games
Category:Synchronized swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in synchronised swimming
Category:Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen
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