# Peter Kohnke

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{{Short description|German sport shooter (1941–1975)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| image            = Enrico Forcella and Peter Kohnke 1960.jpg
| nickname         = Pompon
| caption          = [Enrico Forcella](/source/Enrico_Forcella) (bronze, aged 52) and Peter Kohnke (gold, aged 18) at the 1960 Olympics
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1941|10|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [Königsberg](/source/K%C3%B6nigsberg), [East Prussia](/source/East_Prussia), [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany)
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1975|4|3|1941|10|9|df=yes}}
| death_place      = [Bremervörde](/source/Bremerv%C3%B6rde), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany)
| height           = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight           = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| sport            = Shooting
| club             = SG Bremervörde
| medaltemplates   = 
{{MedalCountry | {{EUA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) }}
{{MedalGold | [1960 Rome](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics) | [50 metre rifle prone](/source/Shooting_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_50_metre_rifle%2C_prone) }}
}}

'''Peter Kohnke''' (9 October 1941 – 3 April 1975) was a German sports shooter. He won a gold medal in the [50 metre rifle prone](/source/50_metre_rifle_prone) event at the [1960 Summer Olympics](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics) in Rome.<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/peter-kohnke-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222031/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/peter-kohnke-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Peter Kohnke |accessdate=2 July 2010}}</ref> He also competed at the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics). He died in a traffic accident, aged 33.

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Category:Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Category:20th-century German sportsmen

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