Brian Marshall (athlete)

Brian Marshall
Personal information
Born (1965-04-01) April 1, 1965
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1]
Sport
Country  Canada
Event(s) high jump

Brian Marshall (born April 1, 1965} is a retired Canadian track and field athlete, who competed in the men's high jump at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Marshall was an active athlete in high school, setting a national Canada-wide high jump record at the high school level in 1981.[2] He subsequently attended Stanford University, where he won a Pac-10 championship in the high jump in 1988;[3] his 2.28 metres (7 ft 6 in) jump remained the all-time record for a Stanford University athlete as of 2016.[4]

At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he jumped 2.22 metres (7 ft 3 in), placing 17th — a tie with fellow Canadian jumper Milton Ottey and South Korean jumper Cho Hyun-Wook — and failing to qualify for the finals.

Marshall came out as gay in 1994 by attending a political gala at Rideau Hall as the guest of Svend Robinson, Canada's first openly gay Member of Parliament.[5] He was also a panelist at the 2003 National Gay and Lesbian Athletics Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on a panel of LGBT Olympians that also included swimmer Mark Tewksbury and rower Harriet Metcalf.[6]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Canada
1988 Summer Olympics Men's high jump Seoul, South Korea 17th 2.22 metres (7 ft 3 in)

References

  1. 1 2 Brian Marshall at sportsreference.com
  2. "New track passes first test". Ottawa Citizen, July 2, 1981.
  3. "Cardinal Men Finish Third; Women Fourth" Archived February 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.. Stanford Athletics, June 21, 1999.
  4. "Stanford Men's Track and Field Outdoor All-Time Top 10 Thru 2016" Template:Swayback.
  5. "Gay and proud: Canada's only publicly gay MP tells his story". Maclean's, May 16, 1994.
  6. "GLAF convention brings gay athletes to Boston". Bay Windows, March 27, 2003.


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