Willem Peters

Dutch athlete

Willem Peters

Personal information

Nickname| Wim
Born| 5 July 1903 (1903-07-05)
Meppel, Netherlands
Died| 30 March 1995 (1995-03-31) (aged 91)
Zwolle, Netherlands
Sport
Sport| Athletics
Event| triple jump/long jump
Club| PEC, Zwolle

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing  Netherlands
European Championships
| 1934 Turin | Triple jump

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

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Peters was born in Meppel.[3]

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

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
3. ^ "Willem Peters". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
4. ^ "An Olympiad". Weekly Dispatch (London). 3 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. ^ "Records go abroad". Western Daily Press. 5 July 1927. Retrieved 4 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "Peltzer fails to come back". London Daily Chronicle. 7 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ "Champions of the AAA". Daily News (London). 9 July 1928. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. ^ "Foreigners held at Bay". Reynolds's Newspaper. 7 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. ^ "AAA Championships". Daily News (London). 8 July 1929. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
11. ^ "AAA titles". Daily Herald. 13 July 1935. Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
12. ^ "Lovelock Beaten in Mile". Sports Argus. 13 July 1935. Retrieved 16 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
13. ^ "The Athletic Championships". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. ^ "Six records go by the board at White City". Evening Despatch. 19 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

## External links

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* Wim Peters at World Athletics
* Wim Peters at European Athletics (archive)
* Wim Peters at Olympedia
* Willem Peters at Olympics.com
* Willem Peters at Olympic.org (archived)

Awards

Preceded by

Fanny Blankers-Koen

|  Sauer Cup
1941  | Succeeded by

Chris Berger

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European Athletics Championships champions in men's triple jump

* 1934:  Willem Peters (NED)
* 1938:  Onni Rajasaari (FIN)
* 1946:  Valdemar Rautio (FIN)
* 1950:  Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)
* 1954:  Leonid Shcherbakov (URS)
* 1958:  Józef Szmidt (POL)
* 1962:  Józef Szmidt (POL)
* 1966:  Georgi Stoykovski (BUL)
* 1969:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1971:  Jörg Drehmel (GDR)
* 1974:  Viktor Saneyev (URS)
* 1978:  Miloš Srejović (YUG)
* 1982:  Keith Connor (GBR)
* 1986:  Khristo Markov (BUL)
* 1990:  Leonid Voloshin (URS)
* 1994:  Denis Kapustin (RUS)
* 1998:  Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
* 2002:  Christian Olsson (SWE)
* 2006:  Christian Olsson (SWE)
* 2010:  Phillips Idowu (GBR)
* 2014:  Fabrizio Donato (ITA)
* 2014:  Benjamin Compaoré (FRA)
* 2016:  Max Heß (GER)
* 2018:  Nelson Évora (POR)
* 2022:  Pedro Pichardo (POR)
* 2024:  Jordan Díaz (ESP)

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