Wolfgang Peters (canoeist)

{{short description|West German slalom canoeist}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe slalom}}

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1967 Lipno|C-1}}

{{MedalGold|1969 Bourg St.-Maurice|C-1}}

{{MedalGold|1969 Bourg St.-Maurice|C-1 team}}

{{MedalSilver|1971 Meran|C-1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|1967 Lipno|C-1 team}}

{{MedalBronze|1973 Muotathal|C-1 team}}

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Wolfgang Peters (born 3 July 1948 in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former West German slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with three golds (C-1: 1967, 1969; C-1 team: 1969), a silver (C-1 team: 1971) and two bronzes (C-1 team: 1967, 1973).

Peters also finished fifth in the C-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

His daughter Violetta won a bronze medal in the women's K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing representing Austria. His brother Ulrich is also a former slalom canoeist.