Winter Paralympic alpine skier Corey Peters announces retirement
Sunday 4 October 2026 · 4 outlets · 2 reports · updated 
New Zealand alpine skier Corey Peters is retiring from competitive snow sports. The 43-year-old won multiple Paralympic medals across several games, including gold in the downhill sitting event at the 2022 Beijing Paralympics.
Key facts
5 facts
- Corey Peters is a 43-year-old alpine skier
- Peters won four Paralympic medals across four games
- He won gold in the downhill sitting at Beijing 2022
- Peters sustained a spinal cord injury in a 2009 motocross accident
- He achieved 22 World Cup podiums
The full story
1 min read · 2 outlets
Alpine skier Corey Peters has announced his retirement from competitive snow sports. The 43-year-old athlete has been one of New Zealand's most accomplished winter Paralympians.
Peters won four Paralympic medals across four games. His achievements include a silver in giant slalom sitting at Sochi 2014, a bronze in downhill sitting at PyeongChang 2018, and both a gold and a silver in the downhill and Super-G sitting events at Beijing 2022. He also made his fourth Paralympic appearance at Milano Cortina 2026.
The athlete's career included 22 World Cup podiums, including seven golds, and five World Championship podiums, including two titles. Peters began sit-skiing after a 2009 motocross accident left him paralysed at age 26.
“As I step away from competitive racing, I do so with a full heart,” Peters said. He noted that the memories and people he met will stay with him forever.
Where reports differ
- One report states Peters won two World Championship titles, while another states he won two gold medals at the World Championships
Compiled from reports by 1News and The Post.