Peter Salmon (swimmer)
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| Full name | Peter Alexander Salmon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 5, 1929 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | October 11, 2003 (aged 74) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter A. Salmon (August 3, 1929 – October 11, 2003) was a competitive backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Canada. He represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1948 in London. Salmon claimed the gold medal in the men's 100-metre freestyle event at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
See also
References
External links
- Peter Salmon at World Aquatics
- Peter Salmon at SwimRankings.net
- Peter Salmon at Olympics.com
- Peter Salmon at Team Canada
- Peter Salmon at Olympedia
- Peter Salmon at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Peter Salmon at InterSportStats
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Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2003 deaths
- Canadian male backstroke swimmers
- Canadian male breaststroke swimmers
- Canadian male freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers from Victoria, British Columbia
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Olympic swimmers for Canada
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs
- Canadian swimming biography stubs