# Peter Guest

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{{short description|Australian rower}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name           = Peter Guest
| full_name      = Peter John Guest
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| nationality    = Australian
| sport          = [Rowing](/source/rowing_(sport))
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1938|2|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = Victoria, Australia
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
}}

'''Peter John Guest''' (born 14 February 1938) is an Australian former representative [rower](/source/rowing_(sport)). He competed in the [men's coxless four](/source/Rowing_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_coxless_four) event at the [1960 Summer Olympics](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics).<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/peter-guest-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/peter-guest-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Peter Guest Olympic Results |accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref>

==Early rowing==
Guest was educated at [Wesley College](/source/Wesley_College_(Victoria)) in Melbourne where he took up rowing. He rowed in the Wesley senior eight in both of his senior years at the school - 1954 and 1955.<ref name="Career">[https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rower-profiles/guest-peter-j#gsc.tab=0 Guest Profile at Austn Rowing History]</ref>  He did not initially pursue rowing after school but after seeing the success which his younger brother [Paul](/source/Paul_Guest_(rower)) was having at the [Melbourne University Boat Club](/source/Melbourne_University_Boat_Club), he again took up the sport and joined the MUBC.<ref name="Career"/>

Guest was selected as an emergency in 1960 for the Victorian men's senior eight which contested the [King's Cup](/source/King's_Cup_(rowing)) at the Interstate Regatta but he did not race.<ref>[https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1960#M8 1960 Interstate Regatta].</ref>

His brother [Paul](/source/Paul_Guest_(rower)) also rowed at the [1960 Rome Olympics](/source/Rowing_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics) and went on to row at both [Tokyo 1964](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) and [Mexico City 1968](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics).

==International representative rowing==
For the [1960 Rome Olympics](/source/Rowing_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics) a Victorian [coxless four](/source/coxless_four) was selected as the 7th and last priority boat and wholly on the basis of self-funding. Guest was picked in the two seat of that crew with the others coming from various Melbourne clubs - [Peter Gillon](/source/Peter_Gillon), [Brian Vear](/source/Brian_Vear) and [Kim Jelbart](/source/Kim_Jelbart) (albeit that Jelbart and Gillon rowed at varsity level at the MUBC). The lack of coaching support provided to the team by the Australian Olympic Federation proved to be an issue. The four was eliminated at the repechage stage and there was no B final.<ref>[https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1960-Rome#gsc.tab=0 1960 Olympics at Australian Rowing History]</ref>

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