Peter Lawler (born 25 April 1941) is a
British canoe sprinter who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-4 1000 m event at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo
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Four years later in
Mexico City
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, Lawler was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-2 1000 m event. At his last
Summer Olympics
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Munich
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, he was eliminated in the repechage round of the
K-4 1000 m event.
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1941 births
Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Great Britain
British male canoeists
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