Peter John Guest (born 14 February 1938) is an Australian former representative

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. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the

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Early rowing

Guest was educated at Wesley College in Melbourne where he took up rowing. He rowed in the Wesley senior eight in both of his senior years at the school - 1954 and 1955.Guest Profile at Austn Rowing History
/ref> He did not initially pursue rowing after school but after seeing the success which his younger brother

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was having at the

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, he again took up the sport and joined the MUBC. Guest was selected as an emergency in 1960 for the Victorian men's senior eight which contested the

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at the Interstate Regatta but he did not race. Given the selection vagaries of the time and the fact that

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did not start till 1962, Guest enjoys a rare distinction of having rowed for Australia without having rowed for his state nor having ever won any national nor university championship title. His brother

also rowed at the

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and went on to row at both

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and

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International representative rowing

For the

a Victorian

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was selected as the 7th and last priority boat and wholly on the basis of self-funding. Guest was picked in the two seat of that crew with the others coming from various Melbourne clubs - Peter Gillon,

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and Kim Jelbart (albeit that Jelbart and Gillon rowed at varsity level at the MUBC). The lack of coaching support provided to the team by the Australian Olympic Federation proved to be an issue. The four was eliminated at the repechage stage and there was no B final.1960 Olympics at Australian Rowing History
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guest, Peter 1938 births Living people Australian male rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportsmen from Victoria (state) People educated at Wesley College (Victoria)