Peter Buehning, Jr.

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full namePeter Paul Gerhard•Buehning, Jr.
Used namePeter•Buehning, Jr.
Born29 April 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
Measurements194 cm / 90 kg
AffiliationsSwim & Sport Club (Flanders, NJ)
NOC United States

Biography

Peter Buehning, Jr. was a wing and circle runner in handball who graduated from Seton Hall University in 1977. Buehning’s brother, Jim Buehning, later played handball for the US at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics. Another brother, Fritz, was a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Their father, Peter Buehning, was one of the founders of the US Team Handball Federation, serving as its third President, and later helped found the Pan American Team Handball Federation (PATHF), originally consisting of four nations – Argentina, Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1976 Summer Olympics Handball USA Peter Buehning, Jr.
Handball, Men (Olympic) United States 10

Olympic family relations