Peter Matthew Wright (born December 3, 1972) is an American former competition
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
who represented the United States at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in Atlanta, Georgia. Wright competed in the preliminary heats of the
men's 1,500-meter freestyle, and finished twelfth overall with a time of 15:25.43.
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Peter Wright
Retrieved November 5, 2012.
Wright has been a resident of
Delran Township, New Jersey.
He worked his way to the Olympics; Delran swimmer Peter Wright almost gave up his quest. He came back with a vengeance
" ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' (May 21, 1996). Retrieved February 2, 2013. "An hour before the biggest race of his life, in the middle of the toughest swim meet in the world, Peter Wright saw more than just the blue lane ahead of him. For the previous year, the Delran, N.J., freestyler had put his life on hold to try for the U.S. Olympic team in the grueling 1,500-meter event."
References
1972 births
Living people
American male freestyle swimmers
Olympic swimmers for the United States
People from Delran Township, New Jersey
Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Virginia Cavaliers men's swimmers
Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
20th-century American sportsmen
Sportspeople from Burlington County, New Jersey
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