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] Peters was born in Meppel and died in Zwolle aged 91.[2]

From 1927 to 1937 Peters won six triple jump titles at the prestigious AAA Championships.[3]

## References

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1. ^ 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. ^ "Willem Peters". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
3. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

## 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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