Tim Peterson (swimmer)

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Tim Peterson
Personal information
Born (1978-12-26) December 26, 1978 (age 46) [1] [2]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [1] [3]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
ClubPacific 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

  1. 1 2 3 "Tim Peterson". Team Canada. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved September 28, 2024. Born: December 26, 1978 / Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia
  2. 1 2 "Tim Peterson | Profile". World Aquatics . Retrieved September 28, 2024. Date of Birth: 26 Dec 1978
  3. 1 2 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
  4. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . Omega Timing. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Peterson qualifies for Olympic Games". Canoe.ca. August 6, 2000. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  6. ↑ "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.


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