{{short description|Bermudian sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Peter Bromby | image = PeterBromby2022.png | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Peter Frederick Bromby | nationality = {{BER}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|8|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Sandys Parish]], Bermuda | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.93|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|114|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | classes = [[Star (sailboat)|Star]] | club = Sandys Boat Club | coach = | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Men's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{BER}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Star World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze | [[1997 Star World Championships|1997 Marblehead]] | Star }} | show-medals = yes }}
'''Peter Frederick Bromby''' (born August 26, 1964 in [[Sandys Parish]]) is a Bermudian keelboat sailor, who specialized in [[Star (sailboat)|Star]] class.<ref>{{cite sports-reference |title=Peter Bromby |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/peter-bromby-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004215/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/peter-bromby-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> He represented [[Bermuda]] in four editions of the Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004), and has earned the third highest placement in the nation's Olympic history with an astonishing fourth-place finish.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burgess |first=Don |title=Sailing should be a national sport |url=http://bermudasun.bm/Content/SPORTS/Sports/Article/-Sailing-should-be-a-national-sport-/8/203/48595 |publisher=[[Bermuda Sun]] |date=15 October 2010 |accessdate=23 September 2013 |archive-date=13 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213144130/http://bermudasun.bm/Content/SPORTS/Sports/Article/-Sailing-should-be-a-national-sport-/8/203/48595 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bromby also captured a bronze medal, along with Michael Marcel, at the [[1997 Star World Championships]] in [[Marblehead, Massachusetts]], [[United States]] with a net total of 33 points. ==Career== ===1992 Olympics=== Bromby made his official debut at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], where he placed nineteenth in the [[Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Star|Star]] class, along with his partner and crew member Paul Fisher, with a net score of 119 points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barcelona 1992: Sailing – Men's Star Class |url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5p2.pdf |format=[[PDF]] |work=[[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona 1992]] |publisher=[[LA84 Foundation]] |page=236 |accessdate=23 September 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083534/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5p2.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> ===1996 Olympics=== At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], Bromby posted a remarkable grade of 81 to pull off a thirteenth-place effort on the entire series while teaming up with his new partner Lee White in the [[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star|same]] program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlanta 1996: Sailing – Men's Star Class |url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v2p2.pdf |format=[[PDF]] |work=[[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]] |publisher=[[LA84 Foundation]] |page=217 |accessdate=23 September 2013 |archive-date=12 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012085400/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v2p2.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> ===2000 Olympics=== Following his mediocre performances in two straight Games, Bromby and his crew member White narrowly missed the podium in the [[Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Star|Star]] class at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]]. The Bermudian duo accumulated a net score of 45.3 points at the end of the opening series, finishing six points off bronze medalists and Brazilians [[Torben Grael]] and [[Marcelo Ferreira]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bromby Sets His Sight On Fifth Olympic Games |url=http://www.sailing.org/news/16632.php |website=sailing.org |publisher=[[International Sailing Federation|ISAF]] |date=11 April 2007 |accessdate=23 September 2013 |archive-date=29 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529010843/http://www.sailing.org/news/16632.php |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |title=Peter Bromby Looking at the Olympics |url=http://www.starclass.org/artman/publish/article_133.shtml |website=starclass.org |publisher=Star Class |date=23 July 2004 |accessdate=23 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193138/http://www.starclass.org/artman/publish/article_133.shtml |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sydney 2000: Sailing – Star Class |url=http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sa/SAresults.pdf |format=[[PDF]] |work=[[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]] |publisher=[[LA84 Foundation]] |page=137 |accessdate=23 September 2013 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032459/http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sa/SAresults.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> ===2004 Olympics=== Twelve years after competing in his first Olympics, Bromby qualified for his fourth Bermudian team, as a 39-year-old, in the [[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star class|Star]] class at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]]. After achieving a fourth-place finish from Sydney, Bromby was appointed as the Bermudian [[2004 Summer Olympics national flag bearers|flag bearer]] by the National Olympic Committee in the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite news |title=2004 Athens: Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony |url=http://www.olympic.org/content/news/media-resources/manual-news/1999-2009/2004/08/13/flag-bearers-for-the-opening-ceremony/ |publisher=[[Olympics]] |date=13 August 2004 |accessdate=11 September 2013 |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712044859/https://olympics.com/ioc/news |url-status=live}}</ref> Teaming again with White in the opening series, the Bermudian duo delivered an effortless eighth-place effort, including a powerful lead on the ninth leg, in a fleet of seventeen boats with a net total of 82 points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Star Class |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/sailing/results/3531796.stm |work=[[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens 2004]] |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=15 August 2004 |access-date=31 January 2013 |archive-date=6 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006074749/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/sailing/results/3531796.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=BERPB1|www=peter-bromby}} * {{Olympics.com|peter-bromby |oc_archive=20200407054456 |org_archive=20200407054456}} * {{Olympedia}}
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