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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1994 Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sprint kayak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Neerpeltse Watersport Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hermien Peters (Hechtel-Eksel, 19 November 1994) is a Belgian sprint canoeist who competes in international elite events. She is a Youth Olympic bronze medalist, three time World silver medalist.
She is the older sister of Artuur Peters who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
Peters first came to national prominence winning a bronze medal in the Girls' canoe sprint at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore. [3] This was followed in rapid succession by a slew of medals in Junior and U23 World and European championships.
In 2011, she won the K-1 1000 metres at the European Junior Canoe Sprint Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. [4] Later that month, she won silver medals in the K-1 500 and K-1 1000 metres at the World Junior Canoe Sprint Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany. [5]
In 2012, she won both the K-1 500 and K-1 1000 metres titles at the European Junior Canoe Sprint Championships in Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal. [6]
In July 2016, four years after winning the European title K-1 500 metres as a junior, she crowned herself European champion over that same distance in the U23 category at the 2016 European U23 Canoe Sprint Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. [7] Two days later, she added a silver medal to her collection finishing 2nd in the K-1 200 metres at the same championships. [8] At the end of that month of July, at the World U23 Canoe Sprint Championships in Minsk, Belarus, she won silver in the K-1 500 metres. [9]
She qualified in the women's K-2 500 metres, and women's K-1 500 metres events at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [10]
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