Peter began rowing in
Coleraine,
Northern Ireland for
Bann Rowing Club. His first international medal came in 2009, when he and won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight quadruple sculls at the Under-23 World Championships. In 2010, he won the silver medal in the men's lightweight single sculls at the Under-23 World Championship. in 2011, he finally stood on the top step of an Under-23 World Championship podium, winning the men's lightweight double sculls with
Kieren Emery. That year, Chambers and Emery also won the senior men's lightweight double sculls
World Championship. At the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London he was part of the British crew that won the silver medal in the lightweight men's four, alongside his brother Richard,
Rob Williams and
Chris Bartley. At the
2013 World Championship, he won bronze with his brother in the men's lightweight double sculls. In 2014, Chambers won silver at the
European Championship and bronze at the
World Championship in the men's lightweight four. He was the
2015 European Champion in the lightweight men's pair, along with
Joel Cassells, who also started his rowing career at
Bann Rowing Club. In 2016, he won
European silver in the men's lightweight four, and was selected for the British Olympic team competing in the
men's lightweight coxless four event with Chris Bartley,
Mark Aldred and
Jono Clegg, finishing in seventh place. In 2017 at the
2017 World Rowing Championships he won a silver in the lightweight quadruple sculls. ==References==