Chip Peterson
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Charles 'Chip' Peterson is a 28-year-old world marathon swimming champion, specializing in the 5 km and 10 km distances. He swam from the North Carolina Aquatics Club.
He is a multiple USA Swimming national pool and open water swimming champion, currently training in North Carolina who was one of the top distance swimmers in the history of the University of North Carolina. He won the 1500-meter freestyle at the 2005 USA Swimming National Championships and at the 2007 Pan American Games. In 2010, he was named the 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year and competed in the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
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Open Water Swimming Career
- On 20 July 2005, he won the gold medal in the 10 km in 1:46:38.10 at the age of 17 at the 11th FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada.
- On 17 July 2005, he won the silver medal in the 6 km in 51:18.80 at the age of 17 at the 11th FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada.
- After winning two world championship medals in 2005, Peterson was awarded the Open Water Swimmer of the Year Award by Swimming World Magazine
- He won a silver medal in the 2007 Pan American Games 10 km marathon swim and several USA Swimming national open water swimming titles
- He won the competitive RCP Tiburon Mile in San Francisco, California in 2016
- He currently holds the course record in the Flowers Sea Swim in the Cayman Islands, winning most recently in the 2016 Flowers Sea Swim
- He won the 2015 grid race at the King and Queen of the Sea in Copacabana Beach, Brazil
- He won the 2016 King and Queen of the Sea competition in Copacabana Beach, Brazil with Christine Jennings
- He won the 2016 Flowers Sea Swim one-mile and 10 km marathon swim races
- He won the 1.8 km New World Cross Harbour Race (新世界維港泳) in Hong Kong on 16 October 2016
- He placed third in the 2016 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup professional marathon swimming circuit.
- He was inducted in the North Carolina Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2018.
Videos
King and Queen of the Sea
2010 USA Swimming National Open Water Swimming Championships
In Long Beach, California
External links
- Sacha Velly, A Chip Off The Ol' Block?
- RCP Tiburon Mile Postponed Until 2022
- Ricardo Ratto Talks About His Career On WOWSA Live
- The DQ Heard Across The World
- Hank Wise To Be Honored By Iconix Fitness
- Three Is A Charm For Catherine Kase
- University of North Carolina bio
- The Intelligence of Open Water Swimmers
- USA Swimming Bio of Chip Peterson
- Chip Peterson Kicks It Into High Gear
- Chip Peterson's Bright Future
- Chip Peterson Victorious At Pan Pacs
- USA Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Marathon Swimming
- I Got Stung website
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Working The Dream At USA Swimming Open Water Championships
- Chip Carrigan Protects Athletes' Interests At All Times
- Castaic Lake Welcomes The Best America Has To Offer
- Castic Lake Will Be The Survival Of The Fittest
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Great Moves In Open Water Swimming - Marine Stadium
- Calm, Cool And Collected Charles
- Andreas Waschburger Wins Lac St-Jean 10K
- Chip On The Shoulder Of Two Germans
- Stephanie Peacock Takes Up New Distance Discipline
- What To Expect In Rio's 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Sights From The King & Queen of the Sea - Part 1
- Sights From The King & Queen of the Sea - Part 2
- How Was It? In Spanish, Italian, German, English
- The Innate Feel Of Open Water Swimming Veterans
- Add A Peacock To The Mix
- Mr. And Mrs. Line-up Together In The Tiburon Mile
- World Champions To Battle At RCP Tiburon Mile
- Christine Jennings And Chip Peterson Take Grid Race
- Responsible Reporting: How ESPN Does It
- The Promise That Rio Couldn't Keep
- What Will Scott Blackmun Advise Haley Anderson?
- Responsible Reporting: How ESPN Does It
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Chip Peterson Goes 2 For 2 At Flowers Sea Swim
- Open Water Swimmers Head To The Pool
- Ashley Twichell Wins Photo Finish Over Keri-Anne Payne
- RCP Tiburon Mile Was Savage For James
- Ruffini Rolls To A Series Victory
- 2016 New World Cross Harbour Race
- 2016 Men's FINA 10K Marathon Swimming Rankings
- Comcast Airs RCP Tiburon Mile
- Olympic 10K Medalists Return To Rio
- Pros Practicing Bodysurfing Into Ocean Finish
- In's And Out's By The Kings And Queens Of The Sea
- Hardcore Swimming From California To South Africa
- Ashley Twichell Will Be The Center Of Action
- Toweling Off At aQuellé Midmar Mile
- Olympic Champion Joins Tens Of Thousands
- Ashley Twichell Wins aQuellé Midmar Mile
- Terence Parkin Smiles His Way Across Midmar
- Kelvin Steyn And Gary Albertyn Reach Midmar Milestones
- Matthew Meyer Makes Money At Midmar
- Great Memories Of Fran Crippen, Great Decision By USA
- Reviving RCP Tiburon Mile, Swimming After A Sabbatical
- USA Swimming Board Of Directors Athletes On Sexual Abuse
- Wetsuits vs. No Wetsuits - Strange But True In Open Water
- The People Behind The Feeding Sticks
