Willem Peters

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.^[1] From 1927 to 1937 Peters won six triple jump titles at the prestigious AAA Championships.^[2]

Willem Peters

Personal information
Nickname	Wim
Born	5 July 1903 (1903-07-05) Meppel, Netherlands
Died	30 March 1995 (1995-03-31) (aged 91) Zwolle, Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	triple jump/long jump
Club	PEC, Zwolle
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Netherlands European Championships 1934 Turin Triple jump

Biography

Peters was born in Meppel.^[3]

He was selected by the Dutch team for the 1924 Olympic Gamnes, where he finished 11th in the men's triple jump.^[1]

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.^[4][5] He retained the British AAA title at the 1928 AAA Championships,^[6][7] the 1929 AAA Championships^[8][9] and the 1930 AAA Championships.^[10]

Several years later he returned to compete in the British AAAs and won the title again at the 1935 AAA Championships^[11][12] and the 1937 AAA Championships.^[13][14]

He died in Zwolle aged 91.