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{{Short description|Australian rower (born 1958)}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| full_name = Peter Thomas Antonie
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|5|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Melbourne, Victoria]]
| height = 182 cm<ref name=olympics.com.au>{{cite web|title=Peter Antonie|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/81317189-8461-461E-B0570267669C14FB|website=corporate.olympics.com.au|publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]]|access-date=29 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002110526/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/81317189-8461-461E-B0570267669C14FB|archive-date=2 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| weight = 76 kg<ref name=olympics.com.au/>
| country        = {{AUS}}
| sport          = Rowing
| event          = Sculler
| club           = [[Melbourne University Boat Club]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls|M2X]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Rowing Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1986 World Rowing Championships|1986 Nottingham]] | [[Single scull|LM1X]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1977 World Rowing Championships|1977 Amsterdam]] | [[Coxless four|LM4-]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1983 World Rowing Championships|1983 Duisburg]] | [[Eight (rowing)|LM8]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1978 FISA Lightweight Championships|1978 Copenhagen]] | [[Coxless four|LM4-]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1990 World Rowing Championships|1990 Lake Barrington]] | [[Double scull|M2X]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1986 Commonwealth Games|1986 Edinburgh]] | [[Single scull|LM1X]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[Commonwealth Rowing Championships|1994 Ontario]] | [[Double scull|M2X]] }}
}}

'''Peter Thomas Antonie''' <small>[[Order of Australia|OAM]]</small> (born 11 May 1958) is an Australian former rower. He is an Olympic and Commonwealth games gold medallist and world champion. He is regarded<ref name="Antonie's career at Guerin Foster">{{cite web |url=http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rower-profiles/antonie-peter |title=Antonie's career at Guerin Foster |website=rowinghistory-aus.info |access-date=25 July 2019 |archive-date=25 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725102929/https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rower-profiles/antonie-peter |url-status=live }}</ref> as one of Australia's greatest ever rowers figuring in senior representative squads consistently from 1977 to 1996 and representing Australia on eighteen occasions at three Olympics and fifteen [[World Rowing Championships]]. He competed at the highest levels as both a sculler and a sweep oarsman, in both lightweight and open divisions, across all boat classes. He won twenty-nine [[Australian Rowing Championships|Australian national championship]] titles in his career.<ref name="Antonie's career at Guerin Foster"/>

==Club and state rowing==
Born in [[Melbourne, Victoria]], and educated at [[Xavier College]], Antonie's senior rowing was done from the [[Melbourne University Boat Club]].<ref>[https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/rower-profiles/antonie-peter Antonie at Guerin-Foster]</ref> Antonie was a long serving president of the Melbourne University Boat Club.<ref name="ABC News (Australia) - 23 February 2005 - Rowing clubs reveal renovation plans">{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-02-23/rowing-clubs-reveal-renovation-plans/1523802|title=Rowing clubs reveal renovation plans|date=23 February 2005|work=[[ABC News (Australia)]]|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=20 October 2018|archive-date=28 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028041055/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-02-23/rowing-clubs-reveal-renovation-plans/1523802|url-status=live}}</ref>

Starting out as sweep rower Antonie was selected in the Victorian state representative lightweight four to race the Penrith Cup at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]] for four consecutive years 1977 to 1980. Those crews won the interstate championship in 1977 and 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/1978.php#ML4 |title=Penrith Cup 1978 at Guerin Foster |website=australianrowinghistory.com.au |access-date=25 July 2019 |archive-date=17 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317094439/https://australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/1978.php#ML4 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the national championships at those same regattas, Antonie raced for the Melbourne University Boat Club in a lightweight four in 1977, 1978 and 1980. They won the national title in 1977 and 78. At each national championship from 1977 to 1980 he backed up to race in an MUBC lightweight eight, winning in 1978 and 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1978#ml4 |title=Nationals 1978 ML4- at Guerin Foster |website=rowinghistory-aus.info |access-date=18 November 2018 |archive-date=12 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712200737/https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1978#ml4 |url-status=live }}</ref>

By 1981 Antonie had switched to sculling and representing the MUBC he raced for the national Australian lightweight sculling title at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]] for six consecutive years from 1981. He won that national title on four occasions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/mens-scull-summary |title=Australian National Sculling Champions at Guerin Foster |website=rowinghistory-aus.info |access-date=25 July 2019 |archive-date=25 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725103930/https://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/mens-scull-summary |url-status=live }}</ref>

While still an eligible lightweight (max 72.5&nbsp;kg) by the mid 1980s Antonie was racing at [[Australian Rowing Championships]] in all sculling boats against lightweight or open competitors. In 1987 he managed to win three national sculling titles – stroking a [[quad scull]], a [[double scull]] and solo in the lightweight single scull. He demonstrated his versatility the following year stroking the Victorian heavyweight men's eight to a [[King's Cup (rowing)|King's Cup]] victory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/1988.php#M8 |title=1988 Kings Cup at Guerin Foster |website=australianrowinghistory.com.au |access-date=25 July 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416011108/https://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/1988.php#M8 |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1990 to 1992 he was the Victorian state representative picked to race the President's Cup (open heavyweight single scull) at the [[Australian Rowing Championships]]. He won the interstate championship for Victoria in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/03-mens1x.php |title=Presidents Cup Sculling Champions at Guerin Foster |website=australianrowinghistory.com.au |access-date=25 July 2019 |archive-date=16 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416011134/https://www.australianrowinghistory.com.au/interstate-championships/03-mens1x.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1977 to 1997 but excepting 1996, Antonie raced at every [[Australian Rowing Championships]] and won at least one national title every year. In total he won twenty-nine national championship titles in nine different boat classes.

==National representative rowing==
Between the commencement of his senior rowing career in 1977 and his final Olympic appearance in 1996, Antonie rowed for Australia every year excepting 1980 and 1995 at the top-level world regatta available for his weight division.

===World championships===
Antonie was first selected for Australian representative honours in a LM4- for the [[1977 World Rowing Championships|Amsterdam 1977]] which won silver.  The following year that crew with bowman [[Colin Smith (Australian rower)|Colin Smith]] replaced by Vaughan Bollen raced at the [[1978 FISA Lightweight Championships|Copenhagen 1978]] and took bronze. He was in an Australian lightweight eight at [[1979 World Rowing Championships|Bled 1979]]; a lightweight [[double scull]] at [[1981 World Rowing Championships|Munich 1981]]; and in lightweight eights at [[1982 World Rowing Championships|Lucerne 1982]], [[1983 World Rowing Championships|Duisburg 1983]] and [[1984 World Rowing Championships|Montreal 1984]].
 
He was picked to row the lightweight [[single scull]] for [[1985 World Rowing Championships|Hazelwinkel 1985]] and the following year in the same event, Antonie finally won gold and a World Championship title at [[1986 World Rowing Championships|Nottingham 1986]]. At [[1987 World Rowing Championships|Copenhagen 1987]] he came fifth in that same event.

By [[1989 World Rowing Championships|Bled 1989]] Antonie was racing in a heavyweight [[double scull]] with [[Paul Reedy]]. They paired again to race the same event at [[1990 World Rowing Championships|Lake Barrington 1990]] winning a bronze medal. He was picked as Australia's heavyweight sculler for [[1991 World Rowing Championships|Vienna 1991]] delivering a credible fourth place. Then at [[1993 World Rowing Championships|Raoudnice 1993]] and [[1994 World Rowing Championships|Indianapolis 1994]] Antonie made his final World Championship appearances for Australia racing a heavyweight [[double scull]].

===Olympics===
Antonie's first Olympic appearance was at [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul 1988]] where he stroked the [[Quad scull|quad]] to fifth place. In 1992 again competing in the open division he won Olympic gold with [[Stephen Hawkins]] in the men's [[double scull]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona Olympics]]. He made a third Olympic appearance at [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]] again in a double scull. Antonie was selected as an Olympic games reserve for [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney 2000]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Peter Antonie |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/peter-antonie-1.html |access-date=24 September 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204061552/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/peter-antonie-1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Accolades==
On 26 January 1987, Antonie was awarded the [[Order of Australia|Order of Australia Medal]] in recognition of services to rowing.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Antonie OAM|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887411|publisher=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]]|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-date=16 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716020607/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887411|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was inducted into the [[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]] in 1998,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sahof.org.au/hall-of-fame-member/peter-antonie/|title=Peter Antonie OAM|work=[[Sport Australia Hall of Fame]]|access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref> and in 2000, he was awarded the [[Australian Sports Medal]] for rowing achievements.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Antonie|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/980753|publisher=[[Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet]]|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007153913/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=980753&search_type=advanced&showInd=true|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2003 the [[International Rowing Federation]] awarded Antonie the [[Thomas Keller Medal]] for his outstanding international rowing career. It is the sport's highest honour and is awarded within five years of the athlete's retirement, acknowledging an exceptional rowing career and exemplary [[sportsmanship]].

In 2010 he was inducted as a member of the Rowing Victoria Hall of Fame.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{AOC profile}}
* {{databaseOlympics|ANTONPET01|archive=20061031025035}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711034429/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/world-championships/1986-Nottingham.html |date=11 July 2018 |title=1986 World Championships—Nottingham UK}}
* {{SAHOF|peter-antonie}}
* {{World Rowing}}
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|peter-antonie}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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