Wolfgang Peters (canoeist)

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Wolfgang Peters
Medal record
Men's canoe slalom
World Championships
Gold 1967 Lipno C-1
Gold 1969 Bourg St.-Maurice C-1
Gold 1969 Bourg St.-Maurice C-1 team
Silver 1971 Meran C-1 team
Bronze 1967 Lipno C-1 team
Bronze 1973 Muotathal C-1 team

Wolfgang Peters (born July 3, 1948 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won two gold medals in the C-1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1967 and 1969.

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

His daughter, Violetta, won a bronze in the women's K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing representing Austria.

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