Peter Akatsa

{{Short description|Kenyan field hockey player (1960–2023)}}

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Peter Akatsa (12 May 1960 – 7 October 2023) was a Kenyan field hockey player. He was part of the Kenya national field hockey team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. {{Cite web |date=18 April 2020 |title=Peter Akatsa Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/peter-akatsa-1.html |access-date=8 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050249/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/peter-akatsa-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 }} Following his athletic career, Akatsa dedicated over two decades to coaching and mentoring young individuals in Lexington, particularly at Lexington Christian Academy (LCA).{{Cite web |title=LCA Teacher Spotlight - Pete Akatsa - Lexington Christian Academy |url=https://www.lexingtonchristian.org/campus-life/pete-akatsa.cfm |access-date=8 October 2023 |website=www.lexingtonchristian.org}}

Akatsa died from colon cancer on 7 October 2023, at the age of 63.{{cite news |title=Rugby, hockey fraternity mourns loss of Kenya Hockey XI and Harlequin legend Peter Akatsa |url=https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/other-sports/story/rugby-hockey-fraternity-mourns-loss-of-kenya-hockey-xi-and-harlequin-legend-peter-akatsa-2023101008330534230 |access-date=10 October 2023 |publisher=Pulse Sports |date=10 October 2023}}