Wolfgang Peters (canoeist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German canoeist
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Place of Birth: Schwerte, Free State of Prussia, Germany
About Wolfgang Peters (canoeist)
- 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.
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