Peter Antonie

Peter Antonie
Personal information
Full namePeter Thomas Antonie
Born (1958-05-11) 11 May 1958 (age 66)
Melbourne, Victoria
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Australia
SportRowing
EventSculler
ClubMelbourne University Boat Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona M2X
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Nottingham LM1X
Silver medal – second place 1977 Amsterdam LM4-
Silver medal – second place 1983 Duisburg LM8
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Copenhagen LM4-
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Lake Barrington M2X
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh LM1X
Silver medal – second place 1994 Ontario M2X

Peter Thomas Antonie OAM (born 11 May 1958) is an Australian former rower. He is an Olympic and Commonwealth games gold medallist and world champion. He is regarded[2] as one of Australia's greatest ever rowers figuring in senior representative squads consistently from 1977 to 1996 and representing Australia on eighteen occasions at three Olympics and fifteen World Rowing Championships. He competed at the highest levels as both a sculler and a sweep oarsman, in both lightweight and open divisions, across all boat classes. He won twenty-nine Australian national championship titles in his career.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Peter Antonie". corporate.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Antonie's career at Guerin Foster". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.