Hermien Peters

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Hermien Peters
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (1994-11-19) 19 November 1994 (age 30)
Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium
Height172
Weight99
Sport
CountryBelgium
Sport Sprint kayak
ClubNeerpeltse Watersport Club
Medal record
Women's sprint kayak
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Copenhagen K-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Dartmouth K-2 500 m
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich K-2 500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Belgrade K-1 5000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Belgrade K-2 500 m
World U23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 MinskK1 500m
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2016 PlovdivK1 500m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 BelgradeK1 500m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 PitestiK1 500m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 PlovdivK1 200m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2015 PitestiK2 500m
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 BrandenburgK1 500m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 BrandenburgK1 1000m
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 Montemor-o-VelhoK1 500m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2012 Montemor-o-VelhoK1 1000m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 ZagrebK1 1000m
Summer Youth Olympics
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Singapore Girls' canoe sprint

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.

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Personal life

She is the older sister of Artuur Peters who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]

Career

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]

In June 2017, she prolonged her European title K-1 500 metres at the 2017 European U23 Canoe Sprint Championships in Belgrad, Serbia. [10]

Having formed a duo K-2 with Lize Broekx since 2012 [11] , she won a first international medal at the senior level in an olympic discipline by winning the bronze medal in the K-2 500 metres at the 2018 European Canoe Sprint Championships in Belgrad, Serbia. [12] At the same European championships, she added a bronze medal to her tally by finishing third in the non-olympic discipline of the K-1 5000 metres. [13]

She qualified in the women's K-2 500 metres, and women's K-1 500 metres events at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Hermien Peters – Team Belgium (in French)". Team Belgium. 13 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Hermien Peters – ICF Profile". International Canoe Federation. 13 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Belgium represented by 32 athletes at Youth Olympic Games". The Brussels Times. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Hermien Peters pakt goud op EK" [Hermien Peters takes gold at the European Championships]. www.pressreader.com (in Dutch). 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Hermien Peters pakt goud op EK" [World Kayaking Championships: silver again for Hermien]. www.internetgazet.be (in Dutch). 31 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Kajakkers deden het goed op EK" [Kayakers did well at the European Championships]. www.internetgazet.be (in Dutch). 15 July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Hermien Peters is Europese kampioene U23 K1 500m" [Hermien Peters is European champion U23 K1 500m]. De Standaard (in Dutch). 16 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Tutaev (RUS) wins three golds as Euopean Champs conclude". European Canoe Association . 18 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "Hermien Peters pakt zilver op jeugd-WK kajak" [Hermien Peters takes silver at the Youth Kayak World Championships] (in Dutch). De Standaard. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "Hermien Peters pakt titel in K1 500 meter op EK kajak voor beloften" [Hermien Peters takes title in K1 500 meters at European Championships kayak for U23] (in Dutch). De Standaard. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Kajakster Lize Broeckx trekt met vertrouwen naar Tokio: 'We hebben hier drie jaar voor gewerkt" [Kayaker Lize Broeckx heads to Tokyo with confidence: 'We have worked for this for three years]. www.knack.be (in Dutch). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Broekx et Peters décrochent le bronze à l'Euro en K2 500m" [Broekx and Peters win bronze at the Euro in K2 500m]. www.knack.be (in French). 10 June 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  13. ↑ "Hermien Peters encore en bronze sur le K1 5000m à l'Euro de Kayak" [Hermien Peters again bronze in the K1 5000m at the Euro Kayak]. www.knack.be (in French). 10 June 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "Canoe Sprint PETERS Hermien". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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