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| Full name | Peter Joseph De Guzman Groseclose | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 3, 2007 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Short track speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Potomac | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 500 m: 41.188 (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Joseph De Guzman Groseclose (born March 3, 2007) is a Filipino short track speedskater. He is the 2025 SEA Games 500m gold medalist.
Peter Joseph De Guzman Groseclose was born on March 3, 2007 in Tarzana, Los Angeles. [1] [2] He is Filipino through his mother, Victoria De Guzman from San Juan City, Philippines. [3] [4] [5] He attended Oakton High School. [6]
Groseclose took up short track speed skating at age 7 in Lakewood, California. [7] He was coached by American champions Simon Cho and John-Henry Krueger. [4] He is affiliated with the Potomac Speedskating Club. [8]
Groseclose took part in the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea. [4] At the men's 500-meter event he finished first in all of his races leading to the Final A. He finished fifth overall despite an injury cut mid-race. This was the best performance of a Filipino athlete at the Winter Youth Olympics surpassing figure skater Michael Christian Martinez seventh place record in the 2012 edition. [9]
He placed third at the 500m event of the 2024 ISU Junior World Cup 2 in Bormio, Italy marking the first time a representative for the Philippines medaled ISU World Cup tournament. [10] [2] [8]
He made his first-ever SEA Games appearance at the 2025 edition in Thailand where he won gold in the 500m and silver in the 1,500m. [11]
