Wolfgang Peters (canoeist)
Wolfgang Peters 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, a silver and two bronzes.
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.
