Researching Peter Speight
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2434 people with the Speight surname? In that year Speight was ranked number 1589 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Peter means "A Rock" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peter Speight on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Peter Speight and the Speight Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2985 people with the Speight surname in the UK? Speight is now ranked number 1817 for popularity in the UK. |
Speight Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Speight surname in the USA? Speight is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Peter Speight
Peter Speight
Peter Speight (born 26 December 1992) is a British freestyle skier. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics finishing 15th. Speight made his World Cup halfpipe debut in 2013 and achieved his career best World Cup finish with a 4th place in China, December 2017. He has won the British championships twice in 2016 and 2017.
Born in East London, Speight moved to Sheffield aged 10 where he first took up freestyle skiing when his father took him to try it out at the Sheffield Ski Village dry slope. Spending his teens competing and skiing around the UK dry slope scene, he progressed up to international level when he was 17, competing at the European Freeski Open in Laax, Switzerland. Speight continued with freestyle skiing into his 20s, heading abroad when he left school to ski and chase halfpipe competitions in Europe, the US and New Zealand. He reached the finals in the NZ Freeski Open and was selected for the British Halfpipe team and his debut World Championships in 2013. He is the first British man to land a Double Cork 1260 in a halfpipe.
Speight narrowly missed out on the 2014 Winter Olympics. He then went on to receive lottery funding from U.K Sport and qualified for the Olympics in South Korea in 2018. He finished the 2018 season ranked 15th in the world before retiring from competitions in 2019.
Speight also studied History at the University of Manchester. He received support through a sport scholarship and TASS funding, combining his sport and studies for 4 years before graduating in 2016.
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