Peter Antonie

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 Amsterdam 1977 which won silver. The following year that crew with bowman Colin Smith replaced by Vaughan Bollen raced at the Copenhagen 1978 and took bronze. He was in an Australian lightweight eight at Bled 1979; a lightweight double scull at Munich 1981; and in lightweight eights at Lucerne 1982, Duisburg 1983 and Montreal 1984.

He was picked to row the lightweight single scull for Hazelwinkel 1985 and the following year in the same event, Antonie finally won gold and a World Championship title at Nottingham 1986. At Copenhagen 1987 he came fifth in that same event.

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

Olympics Antonie's first Olympic appearance was at Seoul 1988 where he stroked the 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 Barcelona Olympics. He made a third Olympic appearance at Atlanta 1996 again in a double scull. Antonie was selected as an Olympic games reserve for Sydney 2000.

Accolades On 26 January 1987, Antonie was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in recognition of services to rowing.

He was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1998, and in 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for rowing achievements.

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.