Peter Wright (swimmer)

Peter Wright
Personal information
Full name	Peter Matthew Wright
National team	United States
Born	December 3, 1972 (age 51); New Jersey
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Jersey Wahoos
College team	University of Virginia
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Summer Universiade

Peter Matthew Wright (born December 3, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics 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.^[1]

Wright has been a resident of Delran Township, New Jersey.^[2]

References

^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Peter Wright. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
^ "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."

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[sroprofile-1] Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Peter Wright. Retrieved November 5, 2012.

[2] "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."

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v t e 1996 USA Olympic swimming team
Qualification	1996 United States Olympic Trials
Men's Team	Ryan Berube Brad Bridgewater Carlton Bruner Greg Burgess Ray Carey Josh Davis Tom Dolan David Fox Kurt Grote Gary Hall Jr. John Hargis Mark Henderson Joe Hudepohl Jeremy Linn Tom Malchow Eric Namesnik Jon Olsen (team captain) John Piersma Jeff Rouse (team captain) Brad Schumacher Tripp Schwenk Scott Tucker Peter Wright Eric Wunderlich
Women's Team	Amanda Beard Brooke Bennett Beth Botsford Janet Evans (team captain) Catherine Fox Whitney Hedgepeth Trina Jackson Lisa Jacob Angel Martino Whitney Metzler Kristine Quance Annette Salmeen Jilen Siroky Sheila Taormina Cristina Teuscher Jenny Thompson Melanie Valerio Amy Van Dyken Allison Wagner Ashley Whitney
Coaches	Skip Kenney (men's head coach) David Marsh Richard Quick (women's head coach) Eddie Reese Mark Schubert Jonty Skinner Murray Stephens Gregg Troy Jon Urbanchek