Hermien Peters (

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, 19 November 1994) is a Belgian

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who competes in international elite events. She is a Youth Olympic bronze medalist, three time World silver medalist.

Personal life

She is the older sister of

Artuur Peters Artuur Peters (born 26 October 1996) is a Belgian canoeist. He competed in the men's K-1 1000 metres event at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics . His older sister is Hermien Peters who also competed in the canoeing competitions at the ...

who competed at the

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Career

Peters first came to national prominence winning a bronze medal in the Girls' canoe sprint at the

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. 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

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. 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

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. In 2012, she won both the K-1 500 and K-1 1000 metres titles at the European Junior Canoe Sprint Championships in

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. 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

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. Two days later, she added a silver medal to her collection finishing 2nd in the K-1 200 metres at the same championships. At the end of that month of July, at the World U23 Canoe Sprint Championships in

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, she won silver in the K-1 500 metres. In June 2017, she prolonged her European title K-1 500 metres at the 2017 European U23 Canoe Sprint Championships in

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. Having formed a duo K-2 with

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since 2012, 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

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. 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. She qualified for the women's K-2 500 metres, and women's K-1 500 metres events at the

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by finishing 4th in the A final of the women's K-2 500 metres at the

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. At the Olympics, she finished 6th resp. 9th in the women's K-1 500 metres and K-2 500 metres. After the

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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

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, the

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and the

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. In 2023, Peters and Broekx qualified for the

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by finishing just outside the medals in 4th place in the K-2 500 metres at the

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. At those

, she finished 5th in the women's K-2 500 metres and 7th in the Women's K-1 500 metres.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Hermien 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium) Belgian female canoeists Olympic canoeists for Belgium Canoeists at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 21st-century Belgian sportswomen European Games competitors for Belgium Canoeists at the 2019 European Games Canoeists at the 2023 European Games