Anthony Peters (racewalker)

Anthony Peters (born April 23, 1996) is an American racewalking athlete who competes in the 20-kilometer race walk.

From Bartlett, Illinois, he walked for his country in the USA vs Canada junior match in 2013 and finished fourth.[1] He won the mile walk at the 2015 New Balance Indoor Nationals.[2] He was the 2015 national junior champion over 10,000 metres.[3]

Peters competes as a collegiate athlete at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. He was the 2016 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Champion in the 3000 m race walk. At the 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships he took a bronze medal in that discipline. Outdoors that year, he was the 2016 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Champion in the 5000 m walk and the 2016 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics silver medalist in the 20 km walk.[4]

Peters tried to gain qualification for the Olympic team at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, but finished in eighth place.[5][6][7][8]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2013 Pan American Race Walking Cup Guatemala City, Guatemala 22nd 10 km walk 51:31
8th Team
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 29th 10 km walk 45:54
World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 28th 10,000 m walk 45:31.86
2015 Pan American Race Walking Cup Arica, Chile 14th 10,000 m walk 48:14
5th Team
Pan American Junior Championships Edmonton, Canada 4th 10,000 m walk 44:48.17
2016 World Race Walking Team Championships Rome, Italy 90th 20 km walk 1:31:19
21st Team
NACAC U23 Championships San Salvador, El Salvador 2nd 20 km walk 1:35:04

References
  1. USA vs. Canada Match
  2. New Balance Indoor Nationals
  3. USATF Junior Nationals
  4. Anthony Peters. St. Ambrose Fighting Bees. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
  5. US Olympic Trials
  6. http://qctimes.com/sports/college/st-ambrose/st-ambrose-race-walkers-th-at-u-s-olympic-trials/article_796db500-39dc-5cc1-b8df-22b691107657.html
  7. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/sports/ct-ecn-gene-chamberlain-column-st-0515-20160514-story.html
  8. https://www.sau.edu/News_and_Events/N160330_Race_walking_growing.html
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