Corey Nathan Peters MNZM (born 12 July 1983) is a New Zealand alpine skier and Paralympic medalist. He has represented New Zealand at three Paralympics.[1]
.jpg) Peters in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Corey Nathan Peters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Alpine skiing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | LW12.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Downhill Slalom Giant slalom Super combined Super-G | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career edit
He won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in the sitting downhill event. Peters described his gold medal-winning run as "probably the run of my life."[2] Less than 24 hours later Peters won a silver medal in the super G sitting event. Peters said that picking up the two medals was more than he expected. "Definitely, I think I have exceeded my own expectations," he said.[3]
He had previously won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games, and a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games.[4]
Awards edit
Peters was named Sportsperson of the Year at the Taranaki Sports Awards in 2015.[5] He was also named Snow Sports NZ Overall Athlete of the Year and Adaptive Snow Sports Athlete of the Year in 2015 and 2014.[6] Peters also won the overall Sportsperson award at the Taranaki Sports Awards in 2022.[7][8]
Corey was named Para Athlete of the Year at the 60th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards for his Beijing 2022 performances.[9]
In the 2023 New Year Honours, Peters was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sit-skiing.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Peters takes New Zealand's first gold of Paralympic Games". RNZ. 5 March 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Anderson, Ian (5 March 2022). "New Zealand's Corey Peters wins gold at 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing". Stuff. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Knowler, Richard (6 March 2022). "Paralympics gold and silver medal winner Corey Peters exceeds 'own expectations'". Stuff. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Corey Peters wins bronze on first day of Paralympics". Stuff.co.nz. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "NZ Paralympian Corey Peters Named Taranaki Daily News Sportsperson of the Year". www.snowsports.co.nz. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Corey Peters Named Sport Performer of Year » Snow Sports". www.snowsports.co.nz. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ Groenestein, Catherine (18 November 2022). "Corey Peters takes Taranaki Sportsperson of the Year title". Stuff. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "Sport Taranaki". www.sporttaranaki.org.nz. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- ^ "SADOWSKI-SYNNOTT AWARDED TOP HONOURS AT 60TH ISPS HANDA HALBERG AWARDS". 15 February 2023.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2023". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
External links edit
- Corey Peters at Paralympics New Zealand (archive)
- Corey Peters at the International Paralympic Committee
- Corey Peters at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
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