Eric Peters (archer)
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| Full name | Eric Lingfeng Peters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 30, 1997 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Lingfeng Peters (born May 30, 1997) is a Canadian recurve archer.
Career
[edit]Peters made his international debut at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. He finished 17th in the individual event. He won bronze in the international mixed team event alongside Finnish archer Mirjam Tuokkola.
He won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima as part of the team competition alongside teammates Crispin Duenas and Brian Maxwell.[2] Peters also won a bronze in the individual event in Lima, upsetting world record holder Brady Ellison in the quarterfinals.[3] Eric Peters won a silver medal in 2023 World Archery Championships where he lost to Mete Gazoz by a 6-4 score in Berlin.
In 2024, Peters was named to his first Olympic team.[4][5] At the 2024 Paris Olympics Peters scored 659 in the qualification round, seeding him 36th. He then made it to the round of 16 before being knocked out by Mauro Nespoli. [6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eric Peters profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. 19 June 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ^ "Canada tops podium to pin down Olympic berth in men's recurve archery". CBC Sports. August 11, 2019.
- ^ Andrea Vasquez (August 9, 2019). "Eric Peters upsets new world record holder Brady Ellison in Pan Am quarters".
- ^ McGoldrick, Hayley (28 June 2024). "Peters, Chénier to represent Team Canada in archery at Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Peters, Chénier named to Canada's archery team for Paris Olympics". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 men's individual ranking round results". World Archery. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Eric Peters at World Archery
- Eric Peters at Team Canada
- Eric Peters at Olympedia
- Eric Lingfeng PETERS at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games
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