Peter Whiteside

Peter Whiteside (23 June 1952 – 14 April 2020) was a British modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and he was the British Modern Pentathlon champion in 1985. He died from complications due to COVID-19.

Biography Whiteside was born in Marton, Middlesbrough, England in 1952. Here he worked with Jim Fox, who had won the gold medal as part of the Great Britain team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Later in 1977, Whiteside finished in second place in the British Modern Pentathlon Championship, just behind Olympian Danny Nightingale.

Whiteside competed in the modern pentathlete at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. and finished in eighth place in the team event.

In 1983, Whiteside was involved in a fencing accident that resulted in the death of his opponent, John Warburn. The pair were training in a practice session when part of Whiteside's blade entered Warburn's neck.