Peter Lawler (canoeist)

{{short description|British sprint canoer (born 1941)}}

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Peter Lawler (born 25 April 1941) is a British canoe sprinter who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Four years later in Mexico City, Lawler was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event. At his last Summer Olympics in Munich, he was eliminated in the repechage round of the K-4 1000 m event.{{cite news | url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbrian-ex-olympic-canoe-star-spared-jail-for-sex-abuse-1.989291 | title=Cumbrian ex-Olympic canoe star spared jail for sex abuse | newspaper=News and Star | date=25 August 2012 | accessdate=19 August 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130820002909/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbrian-ex-olympic-canoe-star-spared-jail-for-sex-abuse-1.989291 | archivedate=20 August 2013 }}