Eric Peters (archer)

Eric Peters
Personal information
Full nameEric Lingfeng Peters
Born (1997-05-30) May 30, 1997
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportArchery
Medal record
Men's recurve archery
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 BerlinIndividual
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 TlaxcalaIndividual
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2019 LimaIndividual
Representing International Olympic Committee Mixed-NOCs
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 NanjingMixed Team

Eric Lingfeng Peters (born May 30, 1997) is a Canadian recurve archer.

Career

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 via a close shootoff against 4th seed Dhiraj Bommadevara before being knocked out by Tokyo Olympics Silver medallist Mauro Nespoli. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Eric Peters profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. June 19, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Canada tops podium to pin down Olympic berth in men's recurve archery". CBC Sports. August 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ Andrea Vasquez (August 9, 2019). "Eric Peters upsets new world record holder Brady Ellison in Pan Am quarters".
  4. ↑ McGoldrick, Hayley (June 28, 2024). "Peters, Chénier to represent Team Canada in archery at Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Peters, Chénier named to Canada's archery team for Paris Olympics". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Paris 2024 men's individual ranking round results". World Archery. Retrieved February 5, 2025.


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