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<\/p>\nOne of New Zealand’s most accomplished winter Paralympic athletes Corey Peters announced he is retiring from competitive snow sports.<\/p>\n
Over the 43-year-old alpine skier’s career, he won four medals in three consecutive Paralympic games, including a silver in giant slalom sitting at Sochi 2014, a bronze in the downhill sitting at PyeongChang 2018, a gold in the downhill sitting along with a silver in the Super-G at Beijing 2022.<\/p>\n
He had his fourth Paralympic appearance in the Milano Contina 2026.<\/p>\n
Peters also won 22 World Cup podiums, with gold in seven, as well as two World-Championship titles and five World Championship podiums.<\/p>\n
“The memories, the experiences, the people I\u2019ve met, and the athletes I\u2019ve had the privilege to compete alongside will stay with me forever. The success we achieved together is something I will always hold with pride,” said Peters.<\/p>\n
“As I step away from competitive racing, I do so with a full heart. I\u2019m excited for what comes next, but I will forever cherish the sport that gave me purpose, identity, and a lifetime of unforgettable moments. Thank you to everyone who has been part of this incredible chapter.”<\/p>\n
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Corey Peters won silver in the Super-G sitting at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics. (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n
Peters began his sit-skiing career after sustaining a crushed spinal cord injury from a 2009 motocross accident, which left him paralysed at the age of 26.<\/p>\n
Snow Sports Para high performance programme manager Jane Stevens said Peters had inspired future generations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to his continued influence through the young athletes who will seek to emulate his incredible career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paralympics NZ CEO Greg Warnecke said Peters was a “legend of winter Para sport”.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the undeniable speed and risk associated with sit-skiing, combined with Corey\u2019s full-throttle approach, he has thrilled everyone who has watched him fly down the slopes. <\/p>\n
“On behalf of everyone at Paralympics New Zealand and the NZ Paralympic Team, congratulations to Corey on a highly distinguished and successful career.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of New Zealand’s most accomplished winter Paralympic athletes Corey Peters announced he is retiring from competitive snow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69,161306],"class_list":["post-620444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-paralympics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}