Dr. Peter Gerhard Buehning Bühning (German) (3 February 1930 – 30 October 2003) was an American handball player, coach, referee and official.

He was born in 1930 in Hohenbudberg a part of the city of Krefeld, in the Weimar Republic.

[3] He married his wife Renate Buehning née Boumans on 11 July 1953.

A third son called Fritz Buehning was a professional tennis player.

[2] In 1963 he played at the IHF World Men's Outdoor Handball Championship they placed 8th out of 8.

[4] At the 1984 Olympic his son Peter was with his partner Bernie Iwasczyszyn referee of four games.