Hermien Peters
Belgian canoeist (born 1994)
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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.
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| Nationality | Belgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sprint kayak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Neerpeltse Watersport Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 for the women's K-2 500 metres, and women's K-1 500 metres events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan by finishing 4th in the A final of the women's K-2 500 metres at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[14] At the Olympics, she finished 6th resp. 9th in the women's K-1 500 metres and K-2 500 metres.[15][16]
After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the kayaking seasons 2020 and 2021, Peeters and Broekx showed that they belonged henceforth to the world's best by winning in quick succession two bronzes resp. a silver medal at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Copenhague,Denmark,[17] the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth,[18] Canada and the 2022 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Munich, Germany.[19][20]
In 2023, Peters and Broekx qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France by finishing just outside the medals in 4th place in the K-2 500 metres at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg,Germany.[21] At those 2024 Summer Olympics, she finished 5th in the women's K-2 500 metres and 7th in the Women's K-1 500 metres.
