Wolfgang Peters (canoeist)

Wolfgang Peters

Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
Representing West Germany
World Championships
	1967 Lipno	C-1
	1969 Bourg St.-Maurice	C-1
	1969 Bourg St.-Maurice	C-1 team
	1971 Meran	C-1 team
	1967 Lipno	C-1 team
	1973 Muotathal	C-1 team

Wolfgang Peters (born 3 July 1948 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former West German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C-1: 1967, 1969; C-1 team: 1969), a silver (C-1 team: 1971) and two bronzes (C-1 team: 1967, 1973).

Peters also finished fifth in the C-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

His daughter Violetta won a bronze medal in the women's K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing representing Austria. His brother Ulrich is also a former slalom canoeist.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived November 9, 2009)

External links

• Wolfgang Peters at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)