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{{Short description|New Zealand table tennis player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{MedalTableTop | medals = 
{{MedalSport | Men's [[table tennis]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Table tennis at the 2002 Commonwealth Games#Mixed Doubles|Mixed doubles]] }}
}}

'''Peter Stuart Jackson''' (born 22 October 1964) is a [[table tennis]] player representative of New Zealand. He competed in three [[Summer Olympics]] and two [[Commonwealth Games]], winning a bronze medal at [[2002 Commonwealth Games]].

==Career==
Jackson was born in [[Papakura, New Zealand]]. His first Olympic participation came in [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] in [[Seoul]]. Here, he competed in the men's doubles event, but as the team only won one match and lost six in the preliminary round, they were eliminated from the competition on an early stage. At the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], Jackson competed in both the men's doubles and singles events. In the doubles event, the team placed fourth in the group stage after losing all matches, and in the singles event, he placed third in his group after winning one match and losing two. Neither placement was good enough to advance. At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia Jackson participated as an official.<ref name=cgnz>{{cite web |url=http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?print=&mode=results&ContactID=491&GamesID=32 |title=Peter Jackson |publisher=Commonwealth Games.org.nz |access-date=30 March 2009}}</ref>

His last Olympic participation came at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]]. Here he only competed in the singles event, but failed to advance after losing two matches. Then, at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] he won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event partnering [[Chunli Li]]. He also competed in the men's doubles and singles events without the same success, reaching the round of 32 in the singles and the quarterfinal in the doubles.<ref name=cgnz /> At the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] he competed in both singles, doubles, mixed doubles and the team event.<ref name=melb>{{cite web |url=http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=109511 |title=Jackson, Peter |publisher=2006 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee |access-date=30 March 2009}}</ref>

Jackson stands {{height|m=1.85|precision=0}} tall, and in 2006 he weighed {{convert|76|kg|lb}}.<ref name=melb />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ITTF|103991}}
** {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805163147/http://www.ittfranking.com/cgi-bin/ttplayer.cgi?number=103991&lang=0&format=summary |title=Peter Jackson at ittfranking.com |date=dmy}}
* {{Olympics.com|peter-stuart-jackson|Peter Stuart Jackson}}
* {{NZOC profile|peter-jackson}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{InterSportStats|3000372864}}
* {{CGF profile}}

{{1988 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{1992 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2002 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2006 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2014 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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[[Category:1964 births]]
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[[Category:New Zealand male table tennis players]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic table tennis players for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Table tennis players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand]]
[[Category:People from Papakura]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in table tennis]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:20th-century New Zealand sportsmen]]