Peter Marlow (born 20 April 1941) is a British

racewalker Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

who competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, finishing 17th in the 20 km walk. He was born in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. He has been chief judge for racewalking at the Olympic Games in 2008, 2004 and 2000 and at other major international championships. He was elected president of the Race Walking Association in 2003. He was also a former editor of the magazine

Race Walking Record ''Race Walking Record'' (abbreviated ''RWR'') is a nonprofit magazine about the sport of race walking, and walking events, primarily aimed at a UK audience. The magazine was founded in London in 1941 by Alf McSweeney in order to keep athletes se ...

for three years. Peter is currently a member of the

IAAF World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for ...

Race Walking Committee, having represented race walkers at IAAF since 2001

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1941 births Living people Athletes from London British male racewalkers English male racewalkers British magazine editors Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{UK-athletics-bio-stub