Peter Watkinson

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Peter Watkinson is a former New Zealand rower.

At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won a silver medal in the double sculls, partnering his brother Murray.{{cite web | url= https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/peter-watkinson | title=Peter Watkinson | publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee | access-date=7 February 2018}} He worked as commercial traveller.{{cite news | first=Phoebe | last=Falconer | date=23 January 2004 | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3545240 | title=Obituary: Murray Watkinson | work=The New Zealand Herald | accessdate=7 February 2018}}