Piotr Jan Szczypa,[1] now known as Peter Szczypa (born 19 April 1948) is a former pair skater who competed for Poland with Janina Poremska and Teresa Skrzek.

[3] As a pair skater, Szczypa won ten Polish national titles and competed at ten European and five World Championships as well as at the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble in 1968.

Besides his figure skating career he studied international economics and sports.

[2] Peter Szczypa coached Claudia Leistner when she took the gold medal at the 1989 European Championships and silver at the 1989 Worlds.

Based in Mannheim, Szczypa coached four-time German champion Sarah Hecken at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.