Peter van Roye (born 30 May 1950) is a German rower who competed for

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

in the

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. He was born in

Lingen Lingen (), officially Lingen (Ems), is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. In 2008, its population was 52,353, and in addition there were about 5,000 people who registered the city as their secondary residence. Lingen, specifically "Lingen (Ems)" is ...

. In 1976 he and his partner Thomas Strauß won the bronze medal in the coxless pairs event.

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* 1950 births Living people People from Lingen Olympic rowers of West Germany Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in rowing West German male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lower Saxony {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub