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{{short description|Swedish sailor}}
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{{Infobox sailor
| name           = Peter Sundelin
| image          = Sundelin brothers 1968b.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Peter (left), Jörgen and Ulf in 1968
| full_name      = Peter Nils Sundelin
| nicknames      = 
| nationality    = {{SWE}}
| classes        = [[5.5 Metre (keelboat)|5.5 metre]], [[Dragon (keelboat)|Dragon]], [[Star (sailboat)|Star]], [[Soling]]
| club           = [[Royal Swedish Yacht Club]]<br/>[[Skuru IK]]
| collegeteam    = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1947|01|13|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Nacka]], Sweden
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| height         = 191 cm
| weight         = 87 kg
| retired        = 
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{SWE}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|5.5 m class]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | World championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 1969 Sandhamn|[[5.5 Metre World Championship|5.5 m]] }}
{{MedalGold|1971 Hobart|[[Dragon World Championship|Dragon]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | European championships }}
{{MedalSilver|1978 Medemblik|[[Star European Championships|Star]]}}
}}

'''Peter Nils Sundelin''' (born 13 January 1947) is a retired Swedish [[sailboat racing|sailor]]. Together with his elder brothers [[Jörgen Sundelin|Jörgen]] and [[Ulf Sundelin|Ulf]] he won a gold medal in the [[5.5 Metre (keelboat)|5.5 metre class]] at the 1968 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1969 World Championships. The brothers also won the 1971 world title in the three-person keelboat ([[Dragon (keelboat)|Dragon class]]) and placed sixth and ninth at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, respectively.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>

Peter was the strongest physically among the Sundelin brothers.<ref name=sok/> In the 1980s, he competed with different partners in the two-person keelboat at the 1980 Olympics and world championships. Besides sailing he played [[ice hockey]] for [[Skuru IK]].<ref name=sok>[http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/p/peter-sundelin.html Peter Sundelin]. [[Swedish Olympic Committee]]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Peter Sundelin}}
* {{World Sailing|www=peter-sundelin?ref=SWEPS9}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|peter-sundelin}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{SOK profile}}

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[[Category:1947 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Swedish male sailors (sport)]]
[[Category:Olympic sailors for Sweden]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1968 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Star]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Sweden]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in sailing]]
[[Category:Soling class sailors]]
[[Category:Royal Swedish Yacht Club sailors]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen]]
[[Category:People from Nacka Municipality]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Nacka Municipality]]


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