Peter Lindenberg, South Africa’s powerboat champion

Peter Lindeberg won the European Barefoot Water-Skiing title in 1977.[i] Peter won his first South African powerboat racing title, as well as set a world record in the ramp jump in barefoot water-skiing in 1981.[ii] He won the British Powerboat Grand Prix in the 1989 World Powerboat Series.[iii] Peter won the Maccabi Sports Award on three occasions. He competed in the South African Stock Car Auto Racing championships in 2002.[iv] Peter has also been awarded the State President’s Sports Award on two occasions.[v] Peter was inducted into the South African Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.[vi] He retired from Formula One powerboat racing 18 months prior to his planned retirement after he was involved in a nearly fatal boating accident in Saldanha Bay on 28 September 2002.[vii] After retiring, Peter took on a more administrative position in the sport of high speed power boating, and became President of Powerboat South Africa.[viii] Peter has three daughters named Paige, Chiara and Abbi with his wife Debbie.[ix] End Notes [i]Peter Lindenberg: speed sensation, https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/people-culture/sport/greats/lindenberg (4 December 2002). ↵ [ii]H. Du Plessis: Lindenberg’s driven to be the best, http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/motorsport/lindenbergs-driven-to-be-the-best-1731300 (6 August 2014). ↵ [iii]Peter Lindenberg: speed sensation, https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/people-culture/sport/greats/lindenberg (4 December 2002). ↵ [iv]Peter Lindenberg: speed sensation, https://www.brandsouthafrica.com/people-culture/sport/greats/lindenberg (4 December 2002). ↵ [v]H. Du Plessis: Lindenberg’s driven to be the best, http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/motorsport/lindenbergs-driven-to-be-the-best-1731300 (6 August 2014). ↵ [vi]H. Du Plessis: Lindenberg’s driven to be the best, http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/motorsport/lindenbergs-driven-to-be-the-best-1731300 (6 August 2014). ↵ [vii]Legendary Lindenberg retires from powerboat racing, http://www.carmag.co.za/speedpost/legendary-lindenberg-retires-from-powerboat-racing/ (25 November 2002). ↵ [viii]Legendary Lindenberg retires from powerboat racing, http://www.carmag.co.za/speedpost/legendary-lindenberg-retires-from-powerboat-racing/ (25 November 2002). ↵ [ix]C. Raymond: South African family pioneers Shelby outside US, http://www.wheels24.co.za/News/wheels24-exclusive-south-african-family-pioneers-shelby-outside-of-us-20160627 (27 June 2016). ↵