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| club = Chinook Aquatic Club
| collegeteam = [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|University of Florida]]
|coach =[[Randy Reese]]<br>U Florida<br>[[Jack Ridley (swim coach)|Jack Ridley]]<br>Chinook SC
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| birth_place = [[Mercer Island, Washington]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|3|25|mf=y}}
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{{Medal | Competition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}▼
{{Medal | Gold | 1984 Los Angeles | [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}▼
{{Medal | Silver | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100 m medley]]}}▼
{{Medal | Bronze | 1988 Seoul | [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}▼
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▲{{Medal | Competition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
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{{Medal | Silver | [[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]] | [[Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships|4×100 m freestyle]]}}▼
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{{Medal | Silver | [[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]] | [[Swimming at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships|4×200 m freestyle]]}}▼
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▲{{Medal | Competition | [[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
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{{Medal | Gold | [[Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games|1983 Caracas]] | [[Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4×100 m freestyle]]}}▼
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{{Medal | Silver | 1983 Caracas | [[Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]}}▼
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▲{{Medal | Competition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
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{{Medal | Gold | [[1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1985 Tokyo]] | 4×200 m freestyle}}▼
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'''Mary
== Early years ==
Wayte was born and raised on [[Mercer Island, Washington]],<ref>John Lohn (2010) ''Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming'', Scarecrow Press, Inc., Lanham, Maryland, p. 166. Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref> where she swam for the Chinook Aquatic Club under Hall of Fame Coach [[Jack Ridley (swim coach)|Jack Ridley]].<ref name=ASCA>{{cite web|url=https://legacy.swimmingcoach.org/about/hof/ridley-jack/|title=American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Jack Ridley |work=ASCA Hall of Fame|access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref><ref name="olympedia">{{cite web|title=Olympedia – Mary Wayte|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51232|website=Olympedia|date=2022-12-31}}</ref> As a 16-year-old high school [[Tenth grade#United States|sophomore]], Wayte won three gold medals in the 200-meter [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]], the 200-meter [[backstroke]] and the 800-meter freestyle relay at the National Sport Festival.<ref>Associated Press, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/25/sports/3-gold-medals-to-mary-wayte.html 3 Gold Medals To Mary Wayte]," ''The New York Times'' (July 25, 1981). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> She won eight Washington state high school swimming titles in five different events while attending [[Mercer Island High School]].<ref name=peterson10142003>Matt Peterson, "[http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20031014&slug=flashback14 Flashback: Mary Wayte Bradburne, Mercer Island, Class of 1983] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930004855/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20031014&slug=flashback14 |date=September 30, 2012 }}," ''The Seattle Times'' (October 14, 2003). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref>
== College swimming career ==
Wayte accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for coach [[Randy Reese]]'s [[Florida Gators swimming and diving]] team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition from 1983 to 1987.<ref name=ufmediasupp>''[http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2014/supplement.pdf Florida Swimming & Diving 2014–15 Media Supplement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218165742/http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2014/supplement.pdf |date=February 18, 2015 }}'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 82, 83, 87, 91, 92, 100 (2014). Retrieved February 18, 2015.</ref> As a Gator swimmer, she won two individual NCAA national titles in the 100-yard freestyle and the 400-yard [[medley swimming|individual medley]] in 1985.<ref name=ufmediasupp /><ref name=gainsvillesun>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19850324&id=36MRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lekDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4672,3365958 Wayte leads Florida to 2nd-place finish]," ''The Gainesville Sun'', p. 6F (March 24, 1985). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> She won the High Point Award at the 1985 NCAA championships.<ref name=gainsvillesun /> With Gator teammates Laureeen Welting, [[Kathy Treible]], [[Tracy Caulkins]], [[Dara Torres]] and [[Paige Zemina]], she was a member of the Gators' NCAA championship relay teams in the 400-yard and 800-yard freestyle relays for three consecutive years (1984, 1985, 1986), anchoring five of the six relays.<ref name=ufmediasupp /> In total, she won eight NCAA championships in those three years.<ref name=ufmediasupp /> She also won eleven individual [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) championships and was a member of ten SEC championship relay teams.<ref name=ufmediasupp /> Wayte was the SEC Swimmer of the Year in 1985, and received a total of twenty-six [[All-American]] honors in her four years as a collegiate swimmer.<ref name=ufmediasupp />
== International swimming career ==
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At the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles, Wayte won her first Olympic gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|women's 200-meter freestyle]] event by defeating her American rival and former world record-holder [[Cynthia Woodhead]].<ref>Frank Litsky, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/31/sports/us-swimmers-win-two-more-golds.html U.S. Swimmers Win Two More Golds]," ''The New York Times'' (July 31, 1984). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref><ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19840731&id=0FpPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3851,4625682 Brother's shout slices tension; Wayte responds]," ''The Toledo Blade'', p. 18 (July 31, 1984). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> Her winning 200-meter time of 1:59.23 was her career best to date, overcoming Woodhead's early lead in the final 50 meters.<ref>Mike Madigan, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19840731&id=h6AmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mgEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4181,4564998 Mary Wayte catches up with a dream]," ''The Miami News'', p. 5B (July 31, 1984). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref><ref>Ray Didinger, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1345&dat=19840731&id=zv1LAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4294,3256651 American swimmers like carrying their own Wayte]," ''Spokane Chronicle'', p. 1B (July 31, 1984). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> She earned her second Olympic gold medal by swimming in the preliminary heat for the winning U.S. [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay]] team.<ref name=dboprofile>databaseOlympics.com, Athletes, [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WAYTEMAR01 Mary Wayte] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007020317/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WAYTEMAR01 |date=October 7, 2006 }}. Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref>
At the [[1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships]], Wayte won an individual silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle, and a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. 4×200-meter freestyle relay team, which set an American record of 8:06.74.<ref>{{cite web | title = Results of the 1985 Pan Pacific | work = USA Swimming | date = August 19, 1985 | url = http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/b7bd5998-7397-422f-a483-1f2fd684a6e2/85_panpacs%5B1%5D.pdf | accessdate = May 20, 2024 | archive-date = November 8, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131108234951/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/b7bd5998-7397-422f-a483-1f2fd684a6e2/85_panpacs%5B1%5D.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010202854/http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf |date=2014-10-10 }}</ref>
Four years later, when [[Seoul]], South Korea hosted the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], she swam the freestyle leg for the silver medal-winning U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|women's 4×100-meter medley relay]] with teammates [[Beth Barr]] (backstroke), [[Tracey McFarlane]] (breaststroke), and [[Janel Jorgensen]] (butterfly).<ref name=sroprofile /> The U.S. women's medley relay team was fraught with last-minute drama, as several previously selected swimmers dropped out to focus on individual events, or were replaced because they had performed below expectations, only hours before the event final.<ref name=stafford5102010>Jeremy Stafford, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100504183517/http://www.nvdaily.com/sports/2010/05/bradburne-relishes-olympic-memories.php Bradburne relishes Olympic memories]," ''Northern Virginia Daily'' (May 1, 2010). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> In the event final, the U.S. medley relay team included women with no history of competing together, no relay exchange practice, and no coach; the East German favorites taunted the Americans before the race.<ref name=stafford5102010 /> Wayte would later characterize the race as one of her proudest moments.<ref name=stafford5102010 /> She also captured a bronze medal with the third-place U.S. [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay]] team that included [[Mitzi Kremer]], [[Dara Torres]] and [[Laura Walker (swimmer)|Laura Walker]].<ref name=dboprofile /> Individually, she finished fourth in the [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle|women's 200-meter freestyle]]; she was also a medal contender in the [[Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley|women's 200-meter individual medley]], but was disqualified when the judges ruled she used an illegal butterfly kick on the breaststroke leg of the medley.<ref name=olympedia/><ref>Associated Press, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19880924&id=TDwjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CIQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3324,3624305 Backstroke mark falls; Biondi after two more medals]," ''The Deseret News'', p. 2D (September 24, 1988). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref>▼
At the [[1986 World Aquatics Championships]], Wayte won a silver medal as the anchor of the 4×200-meter freestyle relay team with teammates Betsy Mitchell, Mary T. Meagher, and Kim Brown, which set another American record of 8:02.12.<ref name=5thfina>{{cite web | title = 5th Fina World Championships 1986 | url=https://www.worldaquatics.com/competitions/1086/5th-fina-world-championships-1986/results?disciplines=&event=c88a4ff5-d83d-48d3-9248-9f26568c9dd1}}</ref><ref name=1986worlds>{{cite web | title = 1986 World Championship Results | url=https://websitedevsa.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity/docs/default-source/eventsdocuments/meet-results/international-event-results/world-championships/1986-world-championships.pdf?sfvrsn=cc322a32_4}}</ref> She won a second silver medal for swimming in the preliminary heat of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and finished fifth in the individual 200-meter freestyle.<ref name=5thfina/><ref name=1986worlds/>
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== Life after swimming ==
Wayte graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications in 1989.<ref>''University of Florida Alumni Directory'', University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (2000).</ref> She retired from competition swimming following the 1988 Olympics, and worked as a fund-raiser for the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]].<ref>Joe Williams, "[
She later worked as a television broadcaster for the Sports Channel network, covering NCAA and international swimming competitions and interviewing fans at NBA games.<ref name=ishofprofile /> For the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona, Spain, Wayte worked as [[NBC]]'s women's swimming color commentator, and later covered the NCAA women's swimming championships for [[ESPN]].<ref name=saaprofile /> She also served on the U.S. Olympic Committee's athletes advisory council.<ref>Jere Longman, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/09/sports/olympics-usoc-experts-call-drug-testing-a-failure.html Olympics; U.S.O.C. Experts Call Drug Testing a Failure]", ''The New York Times'' (April 9, 1995). Retrieved January 25, 2015.</ref>
Wayte was inducted into the [[List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members|University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame]] as a "Gator Great" in 1998,<ref>F Club, Hall of Fame, [http://www.gatorfclub.org/hall-of-fame/greats Gator Greats]. Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref><ref>Pat Dooley, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5UVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4623,573655&dq=university-of-florida-athletic-hall-of-fame&hl=en Honored for the Effort] Wayte married business executive Jim Bradburne in 1995, and they have two daughters, Grace and Audrey Bradburne.<ref name=peterson10142003 /> She currently lives in [[Seattle, Washington]], and works in corporate communications.<ref name=stafford5102010 /><ref>Cisco.com, "[http://newsroom.cisco.com/feature/914067/Cisco-Communications-Manager-Recalls-Olympic-Memories-in-L-A- Cisco Communications Manager Recalls Olympic Memories in L.A.]," The Newsroom (June 25, 2012). Retrieved December 9, 2014.</ref> Wayte participates in [[Swim Across America]], a charitable organization that enlists former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research.<ref name=saaprofile />
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Mary Wayte}}
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{webarchive |title=Mary Wayte (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214151352/http://www.ishof.org/mary-wayte-(usa).html |date=February 14, 2015 }}
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