Kim Daniela Pavlin

High School era swimming Pavlin was born on April 25, 1992, in Hartford, Connecticut to Dubravko and Sanja Pavlin of San Antonio, Texas. While a Senior at Churchill High, in the 2010 Class5A State Championships, she placed third in the 200 Individual Medley with a 2:02.39 and fifth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.64 and swam backstroke on a winning 200 medley relay. In one of her top High School era performances, in her Junior year in late February 2009, at the 5A State Championships in Austin, she won the 200 Individual Medley with an impressive time of 2:01.50 and placed second in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.41.

With dual citizenship in Croatia and the United States, Pavlin was a Croatian National Champion six times and a semi-finalist in the European Junior Championship. She qualified for both the 2009 U.S. Open and the 2009 Short Course Nationals. In her Sophomore year at A&M, at the NCAA's, she swam the 100 back in 53.85, the 200 back in 1:55.31, and the 200 Individual Medley in 1:56.63.

2012 Olympics At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 200 metre backstroke with a time of 2:15.67, placing sixth in the second preliminary heat, but finishing in 33rd place overall, failing to qualify for the semifinals. The American team's standout Missy Franklin, who swept the backstroke events, won the 200. A total of eight other 2012 Olympic women swimming competitors had trained with her at A&M, including Mexican team members Erica Dittmer and Liliana Ibáñez.

Personal life Pavlin is married to Evan Nathaniel Wasser.