Erin Marsh (born July 12, 1999) is an American track and field athlete. She won the gold medal in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

at the

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Early life

Marsh attended Buford High School in Buford, Georgia where she competed in track, cross country, and cheerleading. She then attended

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

. Her brother is

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

outfielder Brandon Marsh .

Career

She finished third at the NCAA indoor championship pentathlon competition in 2021, behind

Tyra Gittens Tyra Gittens (born 6 June 1998) is an Olympic athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. Gittens set 6 national records for Trinidad and Tobago indoor records in Pentathlon 4746 points, high jump 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), and long jump 6.68 m (21 ft 11 in), Tri ...

and Anna Hall in Fayetteville in March 2021. In February 2023, she finished third in the pentathlon at the USA Indoor Championships, held at the Convention Center, Albuquerque. Marsh won the gold medal in the

at the

in Santiago, Chile.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marsh, Erin 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)