Søren Peter Petersen (December 6, 1894 in

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– 1945 in

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) was a Danish

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who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in

and died in

. Petersen won a

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in boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics, losing to British boxer

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in the final. Petersen was knocked down seven times in the first three rounds of the fight, at the time an Olympic record; he did not knock Rawson down a single time in the fight. Peterson followed his 1920 achievements exactly in

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where he won another silver when he lost to Otto von Porat in the final.

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1894 births 1945 deaths Heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers for Denmark Boxers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in boxing Danish male boxers Danish male weightlifters Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kolding Martial artists from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub