Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Peter Matthew•Wright |
Used name | Peter•Wright |
Born | 3 December 1972 |
Measurements | 188 cm / 75 kg |
Affiliations | Virginia Cavaliers, Charlottesville (USA) / Jersey Wahoos, Mount Laurel (USA) |
NOC | ![]() |
Peter Wright was a distance freestyler who competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the 1,500 metre freestyle. Wright won a silver medal in the 400 free at the 1991 Universiade. Wright swam in college at Oberlin College.
Wright later became a swim coach and administrator. He worked in Spartanburg, South Carolina with the Y-Spartaquatics Swim Club, where he was also a technical planning chair and senior vice-chair for South Carolina Swimming. He later settled in New Jersey where he coached the First Colony Swim Team.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1996 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | ![]() |
Peter Wright | |||
1,500 metres Freestyle, Men (Olympic) | 12 |