Peter Vivian

{{Short description|British }} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Peter Vivian | image = | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|11|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hillingdon, London, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = Hammer throw | height = 5 foot 11 inches | weight = 95 kilograms | club = Thames Valley Harriers | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Athletics}} {{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1994 Victoria | hammer}} }}

'''Peter John Philip Vivian''' (born 5 November 1970) is a retired English hammer thrower.

== Biography == Vivian represented England and won a bronze medal, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=19 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/38626|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

He also competed at the 1995 World Championships without reaching the final.

Vivian became the British hammer throw champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1994 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref>

His personal best throw was 71.28 metres, achieved in June 1995 in Villeneuve d'Ascq.<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref>

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