Peter Hans Dudley Ward (7 February 1913 – 13 January 2009) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Peter Ward

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Nationality	England
Born	(1913-02-07)7 February 1913 Berlin, German Empire
Died	13 January 2009(2009-01-13) (aged 95) Norfolk, England
Occupation	Business owner
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Sport	Athletics
Medal record Representing  England Men's Athletics British Empire Games 1938 Sydney 3 miles

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He was born in Berlin, German Empire to an English father and German mother.^[1]

He studied Economics at the University of Cambridge and won a blue for athletics and a half-blue for cross-country. He was selected for the 1936 Olympics after setting a new 5,000 metres games record at the 1935 International Universities Games in Budapest and a new 3 miles record at the 1936 AAA championship.^[1]

In 1936 he finished eleventh the 1500 metres event, narrowly beating out fellow English runner Mike O'Donnell.

At the 1938 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the 3 miles competition. He also participated in the 6 miles contest but did not finish the race.

He was a stockbroker by trade before serving in the Second World War as a major in the Royal Artillery.^[2] After the war he made wooden toys at a workshop in London where he met his future wife Lona Fradeletto. Later in 1951 he and a friend, Cecil Chapman, set up Grant Instruments which made thermostatically controlled baths.^[1]