Peter Svet (

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: Петар Свет; born 5 April 1949), sometimes spelled as Petar Svet, is a

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n former

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who competed for

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throughout the 1970s. In addition to the 5000 and 10,000 meters, he also specialized as a steeplechaser. He holds multiple Slovenian records in athletics. Hailing from

Celje Celje (, , ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (Slovenia), Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. Th ...

, Svet won the 1974 Balkan Cross Country Championships. At the

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, he placed 10th in the men's 5000 meters finals, running a personal best time of 13:41.6. His previous best time before the race was 13:52. He also ran in the men's 10,000 meters event, placing 18th. That same summer of 1974, he set the national record for the 3000 m steeplechase at 8:29.6; after that summer however, his athletic career stagnated starting with a surgery and he never returned to form. He was a Yugoslavian champion on five occasions: twice in

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(1973, 1974) and three times in steeplechase (1973, 1974, 1979). He also competed in later life, representing his native Slovenia at the 2000

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, where he was the over-50s steeplechase winner.European Veterans Championships (Men)
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-03.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Svet, Peter Living people 1949 births Slovenian male steeplechase runners Yugoslav male steeplechase runners Slovenian male long-distance runners Yugoslav male long-distance runners Sportspeople from Celje Slovenian athletics coaches Yugoslavian Athletics Championships winners