Peter Gottwald Jr.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Paralympic athletics | ||
Representing  United States
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| Paralympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | 800m |
| Parapan American Games | ||
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2007 Rio de Janeiro | 800m |
Peter Gottwald Jr. is an American paralympian athlete competing mainly in category T13 middle distance events.
Biography
[edit]He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he finished fifth in the men's 800 meters - T13 event and finished eighth in the men's 1,500 meters - T13 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's 800 meters - T13 event, finished tenth in the men's 1,500 meters - T13 event and went out in the first round of the men's 5,000 meters - T13 event
In 2003, he graduated from California High School.
Gottwald graduated from West Chester University in Pennsylvania with a teaching degree in the field of health and physical education.
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[edit]Categories:
- Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Living people
- West Chester University alumni
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- American male middle-distance runners
- Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games
- 21st-century American sportsmen