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- Q16009236 description "Synchronized swimmer".
- Q16009236 description "Synchronized swimmer".
- Q16009236 subject Q6561391.
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- Q16009236 abstract "Katherine Whitney Curtis (June 4, 1897 - July 6, 1980), also spelled "Katharine" or "Kay" Curtis, is widely credited as the originator of synchronized swimming. While historical figures such as Esther Williams and Annette Kellerman are recognized for similar contributions, important historical details regarding the origin of the word "Synchronized Swimming," its reference to the Olympic sport, and the technical structure of that sport are all credited to Curtis.The only descendants of Katherine's family survive through her nephew, Gaylord Whitney, in central Ohio. Her great-grand nephew, Jordan Whitney Wei, is both the writer and primary researcher for her first comprehensive biography.Kay Curtis introduced synchronized swimming in 1934 at the Chicago World's Fair with Norman Ross as her announcer. To her, synchronized swimming was a co-ed sport as it still might be if she hadn't been transferred overseas (1943-1962) with the Red Cross as recreational director. One of her early disciples was Hal Henning. She staged a production for the Armed Forces in the spectacular fountains and pools and gardens of the palace built by the Kings of the Two Sicilys and used as Allied headquarters in Caserta, Italy. When she finally returned home in 1962 after observing synchronized swimming all over Europe, her baby was a full-blown sport and has been a dominant American aquatic sport and art form ever since. Her pioneer book "Rhythmic Swimming" was a classic textbook on the sport she originated. Her no nonsense ability to say it like it is made her not only the tough mother of synchronized swimming but led the late Bill Bachrach to call Kay Curtis "the only person I was ever jealous of in swimming".".
- Q16009236 alias "Kay Curtis - Katharine Townsend Whitney".
- Q16009236 birthDate "1897-06-04".
- Q16009236 birthYear "1897".
- Q16009236 deathDate "1980-07-06".
- Q16009236 deathYear "1980".
- Q16009236 thumbnail Katharine_Whitney_Curtis.png?width=300.
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- Q16009236 alternativeNames "Kay Curtis - Katharine Townsend Whitney".
- Q16009236 dateOfBirth "1897-06-04".
- Q16009236 dateOfDeath "1980-07-06".
- Q16009236 name "Curtis, Katherine Whitney".
- Q16009236 shortDescription "Synchronized swimmer".
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- Q16009236 comment "Katherine Whitney Curtis (June 4, 1897 - July 6, 1980), also spelled "Katharine" or "Kay" Curtis, is widely credited as the originator of synchronized swimming.".
- Q16009236 label "Katherine Whitney Curtis".
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- Q16009236 givenName "Katherine Whitney".
- Q16009236 name "Curtis, Katherine Whitney".
- Q16009236 name "Katherine Whitney Curtis".
- Q16009236 surname "Curtis".