Pétur Guðmundsson (born 9 March 1962) is a retired shot putter and Highland games competitor from Iceland.
[2] His competition best is 20.04 metres (65 ft 9 in) achieved at 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris, France where he won bronze.
Pétur is also the world record holder in the Braemar Stone throw at three different weights: 30 lb (13.6 kg) for 11.65 metres (38 ft 3 in) (Estes Park, Colorado, 2000), 28 lb (12.7 kg) for 12.47 metres (40 ft 11 in) (Fredericksburg, Virginia, 2000) and 22 lb (10.0 kg) for 15.39 metres (50 ft 6 in) (Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1997),[3] and is often regarded as one of the greatest stone throwers in history.
Petursstein, another iconic Icelandic Lifting stone located in front of the Dynjandi waterfall in the Westfjords, is named after him.
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