fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
peter drake rocca concord swim club oakland , california 176 lb kg on 6 ft 3 in m on 27 july 1957 peter rocca
 backstroke peter rocca university of california , berkeley
peter rocca

peter drake rocca -lrb- born july 27 , 1957 -rrb- is an american former competition swimmer , olympic medalist , and former world record-holder .
rocca broke onto the international swimming scene winning two gold medals in the men 's backstroke events -lrb- 100-meter backstroke , 4x100-meter medley relay -rrb- at the 1975 pan american games in mexico city .
peter participated for his native country at the 1976 summer olympics in montreal , quebec , where he claimed two silver medals in the men 's backstroke events -lrb- 100 and 200-meter -rrb- .
rocca continued to swim after the montreal olympics -- two years later he won the silver medal in the men 's 100-meter backstroke event at the 1978 world aquatics championships in berlin , germany .
the next year , he again represented the united states at the 1979 pan american games in san juan , puerto rico , winning the 200-meter backstroke in a new world reocrd time .
in 1980 , rocca qualified for the olympic team in both the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke events and was elected team captain , only to have his culminating performances dashed by the united states-led boycott of the 1980 summer olympics in moscow .
rocca , of cal berkeley , was one of the top backstrokers in the world from 1975 through 1980 , and competed in the eras of roland matthes and john naber , finishing second to naber in both backstroke events at the 1976 olympics and beating mathes in the 100-meter .
in college competition , rocca led a resurgence of the golden bears men 's swim program , captaining and winning individual and the team titles his senior year in 1979 .
additionally , he won seven uss titles ; five individual and two relays .
at the age of 27 , and after three years out of the water , rocca made an olympic comeback effort in 1984 .
at the 1984 u.s. olympic trials , he fell short of qualifying for the 1984 u.s. team , finishing fourth in the 200-meter and third in the 100-meter backstroke races .
