FOR THE RECORD: 1996 OLYMPIC GAMES: gold (team); 1991
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: gold (team); 1994 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
gold (team); 1991, 1993, 1995 FINA WORLD CUP: gold
(team); 1991 ROME OPEN: gold (team); 1992, 1993 SWISS OPEN:
gold (team): 1995 PAN AMERICAN GAMES: gold (team); 1994
FRENCH OPEN: gold (team); 1993 CHINA OPEN: silver (solo); 1991
PAN PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (team); U.S. NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS: gold (team - 1991, 1992), silver (team – 1993,
1994, 1995), bronze (duet – 1991, 1992, 1994 and solo – 1993, 1994);
1990 American Cup (Jr.): gold (solo); USOC Athletes Advisory
Council; 1998 Nagano Olympic Games: Athlete's Liaison; 1994
National College Championships: gold (solo, duet, trio);
She grew up in Concord,
California, as an all-around athlete
in gymnastics, swimming, diving, baseball and ballet. But, by the age of
10, she decided where to put her energy – synchronized swimming. Hall of
Fame Coach Gail Emery become her mentor and by the time she was 16,
she was the Junior World Team Champion and the soon-to-follow
American Cup Four – solo, duet and team champion.
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As her skills became more refined, her successes became more impressive.
Between 1991 and 1995, she won gold medals in the team event at every
major international competition – the Rome Open, the Swiss Open, the
French Open, the Pan
Pacific Games and
the World Cup
Competitions but, Jill
Savery’s career highlight
came at the 1996
Atlanta Olympic
Games when she won synchronized swimming’s first ever
gold medal in the team event in Olympic Games history. Her
10 years on the U.S. National team, many as Team Captain,
helped to elevate the U.S. synchronized swimming dominance
in the team event during that era. Jill became a two time World
Championship gold medalist, an eight-time world
champion and the only U.S. swimmer to compete in all of the
international team events.
Jill was an individual high point champion at the NCAA National Championships for Cal – Berkeley. She served
on the USOC Athletes Advisory Board and was the athletes liaison at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games.
