Peter Newton (canoeist)
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| Born | June 3, 1970 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoeing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Peter Andrew Newton (born June 3, 1970 in Honolulu) is an American sprint kayaker who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in three Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth twice (2000: K-2 500 m, K-4 1000 m).
Newton was the first American kayaker to win three medals at a Pan American Games, winning two gold and a silver in 1995 Pan American Games.
References
External links
- 2000 Olympic - k2 500m final (Video) Peter Newton and Angel Perez
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Honolulu
- American male canoeists
- Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic canoeists for the United States
- Canoeists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Canoeists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Canoeists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in canoeing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in canoeing
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American canoeist stubs