Erin Marsh
 Marsh at the 2024 United States Olympic trials | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 12, 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Erin Marsh (born July 12, 1999) is an American track and field athlete. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games.[1]
Early life
[edit]Marsh attended Buford High School in Buford, Georgia where she competed in track, cross country, and cheerleading. She then attended Duke University.[2][3] Her brother is Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh.
Career
[edit]She finished third at the NCAA indoor championship pentathlon competition in 2021, behind Tyra Gittens and Anna Hall in Fayetteville in March 2021.[4]
In February 2023, she finished third in the pentathlon at the USA Indoor Championships, held at the Convention Center, Albuquerque.[5]
Marsh won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Erin Marsh". World Athletics. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "Buford grad Erin Marsh wins ACC championship in Heptathlon". Gwinettdailypost. May 15, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Bruce (November 22, 2016). "Erin Marsh from Buford HS Signs with the Duke Blue Devils". Mile Split. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ Smythe, Steve (March 12, 2021). "Gittens smashes pentathlon records to win NCAA title". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "Erin Marsh 3rd Place Women's Pentathlon – USATF Indoor Championships 2023". Runner Space. February 17, 2023. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ Boal, Eric (November 3, 2023). "Erin Marsh Captures Heptathlon Gold, Bridget Williams Soars to Women's Pole Vault Title for U.S. at Pan American Games". Runnerspace. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ Perelman, Rich (November 3, 2023). "TSX REPORT: U.S. cruises past 200 Pan Am medals; U.S. marathon trials race directors blame USATF; Kremlin blasts IOC for "double standard" on Israel". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- 1999 births
- Living people
- American heptathletes
- Duke Blue Devils women's track and field athletes
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)