Peter Beames

{{Short description|Australian athlete (born 1963)}}

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{{Medal|Bronze|1986 Edinburgh|Triple jump}}

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Peter Beames (born 13 September 1963) is an Australian former athlete.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132369814 |title=Beames back in training |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=8 October 1985 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}

An accountant by profession, Beames was Australia's national champion in the triple jump from 1985 to 1988.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133338511 |title=Making The Sporting Life Work |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=26 February 1995 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was also a New Zealand national title holder.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122505661 |title=Beames set for double in the triple jump |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=27 March 1985 |page=40 |via=National Library of Australia}} His best legal jump of 16.58m was set in Brisbane in 1988.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101982352 |title=Sports results and details |newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=14 March 1988 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Beames was a triple jump bronze medalist at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, finishing behind English jumpers John Herbert and Mike Makin.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119466020 |title=Canberra jumper Beames believes he can do better |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=4 August 1986|page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} Other performances included sixth place at the 1985 Pacific Conference Games, eighth at the 1985 IAAF World Cup and 14th at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships.{{cite web |title=Australian Athletics Results |url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete594.htm |website=athletics.possumbility.com}}