Peter Marshall (swimmer)

Peter Marshall

Personal information
Full name	Peter Jeffrey Marshall
National team	United States
Born	March 9, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Trojan Swim Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 4x100 m freestyle 2002 Moscow 4x100 m medley 2008 Manchester 50 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 4x100 m medley 2002 Moscow 50 m backstroke 2002 Moscow 100 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 50 m backstroke Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo 100 m backstroke 2003 Santo Domingo 4x100 m medley 2007 Rio 4x100 m medley 2007 Rio 100 m backstroke Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing 50 m backstroke 2001 Beijing 100 m backstroke 2001 Beijing 4x100 m medley

Peter Jeffrey Marshall (born March 9, 1982) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the backstroke. He is a former world record holder in the 50-meter backstroke (short course) and the 100-meter backstroke (short course).

He has won a total of fourteen medals in major international competition, ten golds, two silvers, and two bronze spanning the World Championships, the Pan American Games, and the Pan Pacific Championships.

Career

Over his career Peter Marshall held eight World Records (400 Medley Relay 2002,^[1] 100 Backstroke 2004,^[2] 100 Backstroke 2008,^[2] 50 Backstroke 2008,^[3] 100 Backstroke 2008,^[2] 50 backstroke 2009,^[3] 50 backstroke 2009,^[3] 50 backstroke 2009^[3][4]) and won two world titles (400 Medley Relay scm 2002,^[1] 50 Backstroke scm 2008^[5]). He currently holds the US Open record and NCAA record in the 100m backstroke (short course meters), and was a part of the American team that set the world record in the 400m medley relay (now surpassed). He is a two-time National A team member (2001, 2004), a three-time National B team member (2002, 2005, 2006) and a six-time NCAA All-American. He earned his first national championship in the 100m backstroke in the summer of 2001 in Clovis, California. While at Stanford University, he won three consecutive Individual NCAA Titles in the 100 Backstroke. In 2004 he was named Pac-10 Swimmer of the year for his first individual World Record set at the NCAA Championships in Long Island, New York.

He was a member of the 2001 World University Games team, the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the 2002 Short Course World Championships, the 2003 Pan American Games, the 2004 Short Course World Championships, 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, 2007 Pan American Games, and the 2008 Short Course World Championships.

Marshall began his swimming career at the Dynamo Swim Club, one of the premier swim groups in America. He is a graduate of Marist School in Atlanta, Georgia (2000) and Stanford University (2004). He has one older sister (Heather) and two younger brothers (John and Gary). His cousin, Gary Marshall, also swam for Stanford after transferring from the University of Virginia.

See also

• List of Stanford University people
• Pan American Games records in swimming
• World record progression 50 metres backstroke
• World record progression 100 metres backstroke
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

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2. World record progression 100 metres backstroke, additional text.
3. World record progression 50 metres backstroke, additional text.
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External links

• USA Swimming athlete bio: Peter Marshall
• Stanford University athlete bio: Peter Marshall