Corey Nathan PetersMNZM (born 12 July 1983) is a New Zealand alpine skier and Paralympic medalist. He has represented New Zealand at three Paralympics.[1]
He won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in the sitting downhill event. Peters described his gold medal-winning run as "probably the run of my life."[2] Less than 24 hours later Peters won a silver medal in the super G sitting event. Peters said that picking up the two medals was more than he expected. "Definitely, I think I have exceeded my own expectations," he said.[3]
Peters was named Sportsperson of the Year at the Taranaki Sports Awards in 2015.[5] He was also named Snow Sports NZ Overall Athlete of the Year and Adaptive Snow Sports Athlete of the Year in 2015 and 2014.[6] Peters also won the overall Sportsperson award at the Taranaki Sports Awards in 2022.[7][8]
Corey was named Para Athlete of the Year at the 60th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards for his Beijing 2022 performances.[9]
corey, peters, alpine, skier, corey, nathan, peters, mnzm, born, july, 1983, zealand, alpine, skier, paralympic, medalist, represented, zealand, three, paralympics, corey, petersmnzmpeters, 2017personal, informationbirth, namecorey, nathan, petersborn, 1983, j. Corey Nathan Peters MNZM born 12 July 1983 is a New Zealand alpine skier and Paralympic medalist He has represented New Zealand at three Paralympics 1 Corey PetersMNZMPeters in 2017Personal informationBirth nameCorey Nathan PetersBorn 1983 07 12 12 July 1983 age 40 SportCountryNew ZealandSportAlpine skiingDisability classLW12 1Event s DownhillSlalomGiant slalomSuper combinedSuper GMedal record Men s para alpine skiingRepresenting New ZealandParalympic Games2022 Beijing Downhill sitting2022 Beijing Super G sitting2014 Sochi Giant slalom sitting2018 PyeongChang Downhill sitting Contents 1 Career 2 Awards 3 References 4 External linksCareer editHe won a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in the sitting downhill event Peters described his gold medal winning run as probably the run of my life 2 Less than 24 hours later Peters won a silver medal in the super G sitting event Peters said that picking up the two medals was more than he expected Definitely I think I have exceeded my own expectations he said 3 He had previously won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games 4 Awards editPeters was named Sportsperson of the Year at the Taranaki Sports Awards in 2015 5 He was also named Snow Sports NZ Overall Athlete of the Year and Adaptive Snow Sports Athlete of the Year in 2015 and 2014 6 Peters also won the overall Sportsperson award at the Taranaki Sports Awards in 2022 7 8 Corey was named Para Athlete of the Year at the 60th ISPS Handa Halberg Awards for his Beijing 2022 performances 9 In the 2023 New Year Honours Peters was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sit skiing 10 References edit Peters takes New Zealand s first gold of Paralympic Games RNZ 5 March 2022 Retrieved 6 March 2022 Anderson Ian 5 March 2022 New Zealand s Corey Peters wins gold at 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing Stuff Retrieved 5 March 2022 Knowler Richard 6 March 2022 Paralympics gold and silver medal winner Corey Peters exceeds own expectations Stuff Retrieved 7 March 2022 Corey Peters wins bronze on first day of Paralympics Stuff co nz 10 March 2018 Retrieved 10 March 2018 NZ Paralympian Corey Peters Named Taranaki Daily News Sportsperson of the Year www snowsports co nz Retrieved 8 February 2022 Corey Peters Named Sport Performer of Year Snow Sports www snowsports co nz Retrieved 8 February 2022 Groenestein Catherine 18 November 2022 Corey Peters takes Taranaki Sportsperson of the Year title Stuff Retrieved 6 January 2023 Sport Taranaki www sporttaranaki org nz Retrieved 6 January 2023 SADOWSKI SYNNOTT AWARDED TOP HONOURS AT 60TH ISPS HANDA HALBERG AWARDS 15 February 2023 New Year honours list 2023 Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 31 December 2022 Retrieved 31 December 2022 External links editCorey Peters at Paralympics New Zealand archive Corey Peters at the International Paralympic CommitteeCorey Peters at IPC InfostradaSports com archived AwardsPreceded bySophie Pascoe Halberg Awards Disabled Sportsperson of the Year2022 Incumbent nbsp This biographical article relating to alpine skiing in New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Paralympic medalist of New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Corey Peters alpine skier amp oldid 1170946181, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
