Peter Frederick Bromby (born August 26, 1964 in

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) is a Bermudian keelboat sailor, who specialized in

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class. He represented

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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. Bromby also captured a bronze medal, along with Michael Marcel, at the

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with a net total of 33 points. Bromby made his official debut at the

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, where he placed nineteenth in the

class, along with his partner and crew member Paul Fisher, with a net score of 119 points. At the

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, 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 same program. Following his mediocre performances in two straight Games, Bromby and his crew member White narrowly missed the podium in the

class at the

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. 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

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and Marcelo Ferreira. Twelve years after competing in his first Olympics, Bromby qualified for his fourth Bermudian team, as a 39-year-old, in the

class at the

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. After achieving a fourth-place finish from Sydney, Bromby was appointed as the Bermudian

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by the National Olympic Committee in the opening ceremony. 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.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bromby, Peter 1964 births Living people Bermudian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Bermuda Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star People from Sandys Parish