Sean Murphy is a former international backstroke

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

 swimmer

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 from Canada

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, who competed for 6 years on the Canadian National Swimming Team including setting several National Records. Murphy competed in several international competitions, including the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

Pan Pacific Swimming Championships

The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. The meet was initially staged biennially , to allow for an international championship-level meet in the non-Olympic and non-World Championships years...

, Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

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, World University Games

Universiade

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, FINA World Aquatics Championships and in the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

 in Seoul

Seoul

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, South Korea

South Korea

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. There he finished in 8th (100m).

In addition, Murphy competed for Stanford University

Stanford University

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 from 1985 through to 1988 where he won three individual National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

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(NCAA) championships and contributed to three team championships.