Peter Stuart Jackson (born 22 October 1964) is a

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player representative of New Zealand. He competed in three

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and two

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, winning a bronze medal at

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

Career

Jackson was born in

Papakura, New Zealand Papakura District was a local council territory in New Zealand's Auckland Region that was governed by the Papakura District Council from 1989 until 2010. The area makes up the southernmost part of the Auckland metropolitan area. The area was ...

. His first Olympic participation came in

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. Here, he competed in the men's doubles event, but as the team only won one match and lost six in the preliminary round, they were eliminated from the competition on an early stage. At the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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, Jackson competed in both the men's doubles and singles events. In the doubles event, the team placed fourth in the group stage after losing all matches, and in the singles event, he placed third in his group after winning one match and losing two. Neither placement was good enough to advance. At the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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, Georgia Jackson participated as an official. His last Olympic participation came at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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. Here he only competed in the singles event, but failed to advance after losing two matches. Then, at the

he won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event partnering

Chunli Li Chunli Li (, born 28 February 1962) is a Chinese-born New Zealand female professional table tennis player. She won a gold, silver and two bronze medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games to cap off her long career. Li was born in Guiping, ...

. He also competed in the men's doubles and singles events without the same success, reaching the round of 32 in the singles and the quarterfinal in the doubles. At the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

he competed in both singles, doubles, mixed doubles and the team event. Jackson stands tall, and in 2006 he weighed .

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* ** * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Peter 1964 births Living people New Zealand male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for New Zealand Table tennis players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Table tennis players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand People from Papakura Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games