Tim Peterson (swimmer)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 26, 1978[1][2] Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[1][3] |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Pacific Dolphins |
| College team | University of British Columbia |
Tim Peterson (born December 26, 1978)[1][2] is a Canadian retired swimmer who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.[3] He was a member of the Canadian Olympic team in 2000, and was also a member of the Canadian squad at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Peterson competed in the men's 1500-metre freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He eclipsed a FINA A-standard entry time of 15:26.05, after finishing second from the Canadian Olympic Trials in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including his 17-year-old teammate Andrew Hurd, and Australia's two-time Olympic champion Kieren Perkins. He rounded out the field to last place by almost four seconds behind Hurd in a time of 15:34.94. Peterson failed to reach the top-8 final, as he placed twenty-seventh overall on the last day of preliminaries.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Tim Peterson". Team Canada. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
Born: December 26, 1978 / Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia
- ^ a b "Tim Peterson | Profile". World Aquatics. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
Date of Birth: 26 Dec 1978
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tim Peterson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
Born: December 26, 1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- ^ "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ "Peterson qualifies for Olympic Games". Canoe.ca. August 6, 2000. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 5" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Tim Peterson at World Aquatics
- Tim Peterson at Team Canada
- Tim Peterson at Olympics.com
- Tim Peterson at Olympedia (archive)
- Tim Peterson at Canoe.ca (2000 Summer Olympics) at archive.today (archived June 28, 2013)
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