BRAD PETERS

BRAD PETERS Brad Peters has competed at every level of competitive gymnastics and achieved success at several provincial, national, international and world class competitions. During a 14 year period stretching from 197386, Brad captured first place all around and the corresponding Gymnast of the Year award for his age division an incredible 8 times in the Ontario Provincial Championships. Internationally, Brad has travelled the globe, with meets taking him to far away places such as Japan, Hong Kong, China, Russia, East Germany and Australia. His best performances included a first place all around in the international Panasonic Cup in 1984, plus a second place all around in 1986 at the Pacific Alliance in Hong Kong, and a third place all around in 1988 at the Australian Cup where he captured 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Brad competed in 4 World Championships, with his best result being a 14th place all around in 1985. He also competed in the prestigious 1986 World Cup held in China and achieved a 12th place all around finish. At the 1985 World University Games in Japan, Brad successfully completed a move on the parallel bars that he invented, and in so doing he captured his first world medal a bronze. The move was subsequently called the “Peters” and helped establish Brad as an international gymnast. With this occurrence he also achieved notoriety as being the first Canadian to obtain this honour. In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, an injury forced Brad out of the competition, however, he rebounded strongly at the 1988 Olympics held in Seoul, Korea to finish 23rd over all. Since his retirement from competition in 1988, Brad has become a successful full time coach. Two of his students have achieved top 10 rankings in Canada, and 1 of these students has represented Canada in the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Inducted November 16, 1994