Team PracBorn in Germany, Steffen Peters became a U.S. citizen in 1992 and is currently based in San Diego, California. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he competed on Udon in his first of six Olympic Games, earning a team bronze medal.
He represented the U.S. again in Beijing in 2008, placing fourth with Ravel, and at the 2012 London Games, he scored sixth in team competition. Peters won the 2009 FEI World Cup Dressage Final in Las Vegas, Nevada, aboard Ravel. He logged his best individual finish of bronze at the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, and his best team finish of silver at 2018 Games in Tryon, North Carolina. Peters also won both individual and team gold medals at the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games. Competing in his fourth Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he earned a team bronze with Legolas 92. Five years later for the postponed Olympics in Tokyo, Peters improved to a team silver medal with Suppenkasper.