Peter Salmon (swimmer)
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Full name | Peter A. Salmon | |||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||
Born | August 3, 1929 | |||||||||||||
Died | October 11, 2003 | (aged 74)|||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke | |||||||||||||
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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.
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- 1929 births
- 2003 deaths
- Canadian male backstroke swimmers
- Canadian male breaststroke swimmers
- Canadian male freestyle swimmers
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Swimmers at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Olympic swimmers of Canada
- Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Canadian Olympic medalist stubs
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