Peter Michael (born 9 May 1989) is a New Zealand long track

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and multiple world champion inline speed skater. He is since December 2020 a member of the Dutch . Michael won a total of 12 (4 Junior, 8 Senior) titles at the world inline skating championships and two medals at

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; in 2013 (gold) and 2017 (bronze). He has also been competing in ice speed skating since 2016. In 2017, he won silver and bronze medals at the

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. Michael competed at the

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, where his best finish was 4th in both the

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and the

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Peter Michael
at pyeongchang2018.com
Inline World Championship results excluding 2016
at world-inline-cup.com
Inline World Championship results 2016
at www.rollersports.org 1989 births Inline speed skaters New Zealand male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for New Zealand Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Living people World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists World Games gold medalists World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2013 World Games Competitors at the 2017 World Games {{NewZealand-speed-skating-bio-stub