Peter Weber (born 22 December 1938) is a German former

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. He competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the

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and

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

and won two bronze medals in the team classification. Individually his best achievement was 16th place in the rings in 1964. He also won a bronze medal with the East German team at the

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. Nationally, he won two titles in the rings, in 1964 and 1967, and one on the floor in 1965.

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1938 births Living people German male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for the United Team of Germany Olympic gymnasts for East Germany Gymnasts at the 1964 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships People from Finsterwalde Sportspeople from Brandenburg 20th-century German people 21st-century German people People from Bezirk Cottbus East German male artistic gymnasts {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub