Mary Elizabeth Hill (born November 8, 1985) is a female freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the women's 400m freestyle event at the 2003 Pan American Games.
A native of Atlanta, Georgia she also won gold in the 800m free relay at the 2005 Summer Universiade, and finished fifth in the 200m free and seventh in the 200m butterfly. In 2005 Hill also took seventh in the 200m fly and eighth in the 200m free at USA World Championship Trials.
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