Willem Peters

{{short description|Dutch athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | nickname = Wim | birth_date = {{Birth date text|5 July 1903}} | birth_place = Meppel, Netherlands | death_date = {{Death-date and age|30 March 1995|5 July 1903}} | death_place = Zwolle, Netherlands |sport=Athletics |event= triple jump/long jump |club=PEC, Zwolle | headercolor = lightsteelblue | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{NED}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|1934 Turin|Triple jump}} }}

'''Willem Peters''' (5 July 1903 – 30 March 1995) was a Dutch athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, in the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in the 1932 Summer Olympics.<ref name=sref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Wim Peters |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/wim-peters-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122357/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/wim-peters-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=9 May 2012}}</ref> From 1927 to 1937 Peters won six triple jump titles at the prestigious AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/AAATJ.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>

== Biography == Peters was born in Meppel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/73865 |title=Willem Peters |work=Olympedia |access-date=1 October 2021}}</ref>

He was selected by the Dutch team for the 1924 Olympic Gamnes, where he finished 11th in the men's triple jump.<ref name=sref/>

Peters won the British AAA Championships title in the triple jump event at the 1927 AAA Championships and also secured a third place finish behind Rudi Dobermann in the long jump.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003358/19270703/260/0017 |title=An Olympiad |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=3 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/19270705/022/0004 |title=Records go abroad|work=Western Daily Press |date=5 July 1927 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=4 January 2025 }}</ref> He retained the British AAA title at the 1928 AAA Championships,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005049/19280707/246/0012 |title=Peltzer fails to come back |work=London Daily Chronicle |date=7 July 1928 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19280709/311/0015 |title=Champions of the AAA |work=Daily News (London) |date=9 July 1928 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref> the 1929 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001034/19290707/331/0023 |title=Foreigners held at Bay |work=Reynolds's Newspaper |date=7 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003213/19290708/303/0014 |title=AAA Championships |work=Daily News (London) |date=8 July 1929 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2025 }}</ref> and the 1930 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=4 January 2025 }}</ref>

Several years later he returned to compete in the British AAAs and won the title again at the 1935 AAA Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19350713/349/0018 |title=AAA titles |work=Daily Herald |date=13 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000653/19350713/216/0008 |title=Lovelock Beaten in Mile |work=Sports Argus |date=13 July 1935 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2025 }}</ref> and the 1937 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000650/19370717/014/0014 |title=The Athletic Championships |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=17 July 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000671/19370719/011/0011 |title=Six records go by the board at White City |work=Evening Despatch |date=19 July 1937 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=18 January 2025 }}</ref>

He died in Zwolle aged 91.

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{World Athletics|14558751|Wim Peters}} * {{European Athletics|14558751|Wim Peters|old_id= p/athlete=207133-peters-willem |archive= 20201201 }} * {{Olympedia|73865|Wim Peters}} * {{Olympics.com profile|willem-peters|Willem Peters|org_archive=20210415050751}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Willem}} Category:1903 births Category:1995 deaths Category:Dutch men triple jumpers Category:Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Meppel Category:Athletes from Drenthe Category:European Athletics Championships medalists Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen