Peter Marshall (swimmer)

Peter Marshall

Personal information
Full name	Peter Jeffrey Marshall
Nationality	United States
Born	(1982-03-09) March 9, 1982 Atlanta, Georgia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Backstroke
Club	Trojan Swim Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for the United States World Championships (SC) Gold 2002 Moscow 4x100 m freestyle Gold 2002 Moscow 4x100 m medley Gold 2008 Manchester 50 m backstroke Gold 2004 Indianapolis 4x100 m medley Silver 2002 Moscow 50 m backstroke Bronze 2002 Moscow 100 m backstroke Bronze 2004 Indianapolis 50 m backstroke Pan American Games Gold 2003 Sto Domingo 100 m backstroke Gold 2003 Sto Domingo 4x100 m medley Gold 2007 Rio 4x100 m medley Silver 2007 Rio 100 m backstroke Summer Universiade Gold 2001 Beijing 50 m backstroke Gold 2001 Beijing 100 m backstroke Gold 2001 Beijing 4x100 m medley

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

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. 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, and the 2006 Pan Pacific Swimming 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

• Pan American Games records in swimming

External links

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

Records
Preceded by – Ryan Lochte	Men's 100 metre backstroke world record holder (short course) March 26, 2004 – April 9, 2006 November 11, 2008 – December 14, 2008	Succeeded by Ryan Lochte Stanislav Donets
Preceded by Robert Hurley Randall Bal	Men's 50 metre backstroke world record holder (short course) November 12, 2008 – November 15, 2008 October 17, 2009 – present	Succeeded by Randall Bal Incumbent