marathon runner athletics competitor
He held the German record over the marathon distance from 1988 till 2015. Run. In 1980 he competed for the Deutsche Demokratische Republik at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the men"s 10,000-meter run and finished in 6th place. Peter started until 1990 for the South Carolina unit Dresden.
Peter won in 1978 at the 3000 m. In February 1988, he won the Tokyo International Men"s Marathon with a 2:08:47, which remained the German Record until October 25, 2015, when Arne Gabius improved the time by 14 seconds. He was East German champion in 5000-meter run in the years 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980, in the 10,000-meter run in 1977 and in 1985 by his marathon victory at the Leipzig Marathon. In 1990 and 1991 he won the Hamburg Marathon.
