 Marsh at the 2024 United States Olympic trials | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 12, 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Erin Marsh (born July 12, 1999) is an American track and field athlete. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games. [1]
Marsh attended Buford High School in Buford, Georgia where she competed in track, cross country, and cheerleading. She then attended Duke University. [2] [3] Her brother is Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh.
She finished third at the NCAA indoor championship pentathlon competition in 2021, behind Tyra Gittens and Anna Hall in Fayetteville in March 2021. [4]
In February 2023, she finished third in the pentathlon at the USA Indoor Championships, held at the Convention Center, Albuquerque. [5]
Marsh won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. [6] [7]
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