Peter Matti (born 22 June 1965) is a
Swiss
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slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
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, he earned his best finish of fifth in the
C2 event in
Barcelona
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in
1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.
* January 6
** The Republ ...
.
He is the
European Champion
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in C2 from
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
.
His partner in the boat throughout the whole of his active career was his brother
Ueli Matti.
World Cup individual podiums
References
Sports-reference.com profile
1965 births
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Switzerland
Swiss male canoeists
20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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