Peter Jansen

Peter competed in both the quadruple sculls and the double sculls at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Karapiro, New Zealand. In the quad sculls they finished second in the B final and in the double sculls they finished sixth. In 1979 Peter was in the eight which won the silver medal for finishing second at the World Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia. This eight also won the gold medal at the West German Rowing Championship in Essen, West Germany. The following year saw the boycott of the Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia, and Peter was selected in the eight which then made a short European tour competing at Lucerne, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Henley, England. In 1981 Peter was selected in the double sculls for the World Championships at Munich, Germany and finished in third position in the B final.