Peter Hanlin

{{short description|Australian shot putter}}

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Robert Peter Hanlin (6 October 1931 – 21 August 2000){{Olympedia|64695}} was an Australian field athlete who competed in the men's shot put event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/peter-hanlin-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/peter-hanlin-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=12 May 2012}} He won seven consecutive Australian shot put national championship titles.{{cite news |title=An Olympian, Special Member Of A Special Breed |date=8 September 2000 |work=The Canberra Times |first=Robin |last=Poke |page=13}}