Peter Jeffrey Marshall (born March 9, 1982) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in the

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. He is a former

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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 gold, two silver, and two bronze—spanning the World Championships,

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, and Pan Pacific Championships.

Career

Over his career Peter Marshall has broken eight world records (4×100-meter medley relay 2002, 100-meter backstroke 2004,

World record progression 100 metres backstroke This is a history of the 100 m backstroke world record as swum in both long-course (50 m; Olympic) pools and short-course (25 m) pools—the two categories recognized/tracked by FINA World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), ...

. ''en.wikipedia.org''. 100-meter backstroke 2008, 50-meter backstroke 2008, World record progression 50 metres backstroke. ''en.wikipedia.org''. 100-meter backstroke 2008, 50-meter backstroke 2009, 50-meter backstroke 2009, 50-meter backstroke 2009) and won two world titles (4×100-meter medley relay scm 2002, and 50 Backstroke scm 2008). He currently holds the US Open record and NCAA record in the 100-meter backstroke (short course meters), and was a part of the American team that set the world record in the 4×100-meter 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

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All-American. He earned his first national championship in the 100-meter backstroke in the summer of 2001 in Clovis, California. While at Stanford University, he won three consecutive Individual NCAA Titles in the 100-meter 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

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, the 2004 Short Course World Championships,

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, 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

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(2000) and

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(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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Peter 1982 births Living people American male backstroke swimmers American male freestyle swimmers Swimmers from Atlanta Stanford Cardinal men's swimmers World record setters in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming 21st-century American sportsmen

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