Willem Peters
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| Nickname | Wim | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 July 1903 Meppel, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 March 1995 (aged 91) Zwolle, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | triple jump/long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | PEC, Zwolle | ||||||||||||||
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Willem Peters (5 July 1903 – 30 March 1995) was a Dutch athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1] From 1927 to 1937 Peters won six triple jump titles at the prestigious AAA Championships.[2]
Biography
[edit]He was selected by the Dutch team for the 1924 Olympic Gamnes, where he finished 11th in the men's triple jump.[1]
Peters won the British AAA Championships title in the triple jump event at the 1927 AAA Championships and also secured a third place finish behind Rudi Dobermann in the long jump.[4][5] He retained the British AAA title at the 1928 AAA Championships[6][7], the 1929 AAA Championships[8][9] and the 1930 AAA Championships.[10]
Several years later he returned to compete in the British AAAs and won the title again at the 1935 AAA Championships[11][12] and the 1937 AAA Championships.[13][14]
He died in Zwolle aged 91.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Wim Peters". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Willem Peters". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "An Olympiad". Weekly Dispatch (London). 3 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Records go abroad". Western Daily Press. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Foreigners held at Bay". Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships". Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "AAA titles". Daily Herald. 13 July 1935. Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lovelock Beaten in Mile". Sports Argus. 13 July 1935. Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Athletic Championships". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Six records go by the board at White City". Evening Despatch. 19 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
[edit]- Wim Peters at World Athletics
- Wim Peters at European Athletics (archive)
- Wim Peters at Olympedia (archive)
- Willem Peters at Olympics.com
- Willem Peters at Olympic.org (archived)
European Athletics Championships champions in men's triple jump | |
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Meppel
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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