# Hermien Peters

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**Hermien Peters** ([Hechtel-Eksel](/source/Hechtel-Eksel), 19 November 1994) is a Belgian [sprint canoeist](/source/Sprint_kayak) who competes in international elite events. She is a [Youth Olympic](/source/Summer_Youth_Olympics) bronze medalist, three time World silver medalist.

## Personal life

She is the older sister of [Artuur Peters](/source/Artuur_Peters) who competed at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/2010_Summer_Youth_Olympics) in [Singapore](/source/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](/source/Zagreb), [Croatia](/source/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](/source/Brandenburg_an_der_Havel), [Germany](/source/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](/source/Montemor-o-Velho), [Portugal](/source/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](/source/Plovdiv), [Bulgaria](/source/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](/source/Minsk), [Belarus](/source/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](/source/Belgrad), [Serbia](/source/Serbia).[10]

Having formed a duo K-2 with [Lize Broekx](/source/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](/source/Belgrad), [Serbia](/source/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](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_K-2_500_metres), and [women's K-1 500 metres](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_K-1_500_metres) events at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan) by finishing 4th in the A final of the [women's K-2 500 metres](/source/2019_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_K-2_500_metres) at the [2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships](/source/2019_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships) in [Szeged](/source/Szeged), [Hungary](/source/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](/source/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](/source/2021_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships) in [Copenhague](/source/Copenhague),[Denmark](/source/Denmark),[17] the [2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships](/source/2022_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships) in [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth,_Nova_Scotia),[18] [Canada](/source/Canada) and the [2022 Canoe Sprint European Championships](/source/2022_Canoe_Sprint_European_Championships) in [Munich](/source/Munich), [Germany](/source/Germany).[19][20]

In 2023, Peters and Broekx qualified for the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) in [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France) by finishing just outside the medals in 4th place in the K-2 500 metres at the [2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships](/source/2023_ICF_Canoe_Sprint_World_Championships) in [Duisburg](/source/Duisburg),[Germany](/source/Germany).[21] At those [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics), she finished 5th in the [women's K-2 500 metres](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_K-2_500_metres) and 7th in the [Women's K-1 500 metres](/source/Canoeing_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_K-1_500_metres).

## References

1. ["Hermien Peters – Team Belgium (in French)"](https://teambelgium.be/fr/athlete/Hermien-Peters-987). *Team Belgium*. 13 February 2021. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210510215455/https://teambelgium.be/fr/athlete/Hermien-Peters-987) 10 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Hermien Peters – ICF Profile"](https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/hermien-peters). *International Canoe Federation*. 13 February 2021. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210518110803/https://www.canoeicf.com/athlete/hermien-peters) 18 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Belgium represented by 32 athletes at Youth Olympic Games"](https://www.brusselstimes.com/51101/belgium-represented-by-32-athletes-at-youth-olympic-games). [The Brussels Times](/source/The_Brussels_Times). 5 October 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

1. ["Hermien Peters pakt goud op EK"](https://www.pressreader.com/belgium/het-belang-van-limburg/20110707/285744175582303?srsltid=AfmBOooG0yWVwTjJOvLwsGG-dxny7ibHN6VNaeedBMxqenTiiW8HoxDm) [Hermien Peters takes gold at the European Championships] (in Dutch). 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2025. – via PressReader.

1. ["Hermien Peters pakt goud op EK"](https://www.internetgazet.be/wk-kajak-weer-zilver-voor-hermien.aspx) [World Kayaking Championships: silver again for Hermien] (in Dutch). *www.internetgazet.be*. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2025.

1. ["Kajakkers deden het goed op EK"](https://www.internetgazet.be/kajakkers-deden-het-goed-op-ek.aspx) [Kayakers did well at the European Championships] (in Dutch). *www.internetgazet.be*. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2025.

1. ["Hermien Peters is Europese kampioene U23 K1 500m"](https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20160716_02387719) [Hermien Peters is European champion U23 K1 500m] (in Dutch). *[De Standaard](/source/De_Standaard)*. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Tutaev (RUS) wins three golds as Euopean Champs conclude"](https://www.canoeicf.com/news/tutaev-rus-wins-three-golds-euopean-champs-conclude). *[European Canoe Association](/source/European_Canoe_Association)*. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Hermien Peters pakt zilver op jeugd-WK kajak"](https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20160731_02406070) [Hermien Peters takes silver at the Youth Kayak World Championships] (in Dutch). [De Standaard](/source/De_Standaard). 31 July 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

1. ["Hermien Peters pakt titel in K1 500 meter op EK kajak voor beloften"](https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20170625_02940751) [Hermien Peters takes title in K1 500 meters at European Championships kayak for U23] (in Dutch). [De Standaard](/source/De_Standaard). 25 June 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

1. ["Kajakster Lize Broeckx trekt met vertrouwen naar Tokio: 'We hebben hier drie jaar voor gewerkt"](https://www.knack.be/sport/andere-sporten/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] (in Dutch). *www.knack.be*. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

1. ["Broekx et Peters décrochent le bronze à l'Euro en K2 500m"](https://www.rtbf.be/article/broekx-et-peters-decrochent-le-bronze-a-l-euro-en-k2-500m-9941324) [Broekx and Peters win bronze at the Euro in K2 500m] (in French). *www.knack.be*. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

1. ["Hermien Peters encore en bronze sur le K1 5000m à l'Euro de Kayak"](https://www.rtbf.be/article/hermien-peters-encore-en-bronze-sur-le-k1-5000m-a-l-euro-de-kayak-9941560) [Hermien Peters again bronze in the K1 5000m at the Euro Kayak] (in French). *www.knack.be*. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2025.

1. ["Hermien Peters et Lize Broekx 4e du K2 500m et qualifiées pour les JO 2020"](https://www.rtl.be/sport/hermien-peters-et-lize-broekx-4e-du-k2-500m-et-qualifiees-pour-les-jo-2020/2019-08-24/article/239604) [Hermien Peters and Lize Broekx 4th in the K2 500m and qualified for the 2020 Olympics] (in French). www.rtl.be. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

1. ["TOKYO 2020 CANOE SPRINT WOMEN'S KAYAK SINGLE 500M RESULTS"](https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results/canoe-sprint/women-s-kayak-single-500m). *www.olympics.com*. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

1. ["TOKYO 2020 CANOE SPRINT WOMEN'S KAYAK DOUBLE 500M RESULTS"](https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results/canoe-sprint/women-s-kayak-double-500m). *www.olympics.com*. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

1. ["Hermien Peters et Lize Broekx remportent la médaille de bronze sur le K2 500m"](https://www.teambelgium.be/fr/nouvelles/hermien-peters-et-lize-broekx-remportent-la-medaille-de-bronze-sur-le-k2-500m) [Hermien Peters and Lize Broekx win bronze medal in K2 500m] (in French). [Sporza](/source/Sporza). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

1. ["Ten nations share medals on final day of Canoe Sprint World Championships"](https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126720/icf-canoe-sprint-world-champs). [Inside the Games](/source/Inside_the_Games). 7 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

1. ["PETERS HERMIEN"](https://www.ec2022results.com/webrelease/en/results/canoe-sprint/athlete-profile-n16503340-peters-hermien.htm). *www.ec2022results.com*. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

1. ["Topdag voor België op EK kajak: vrouwen pakken ZILVER, Artuur Peters is goed voor BRONS"](https://sporza.be/nl/2022/08/19/topdag-voor-belgie-op-ek-kajak-vrouwen-pakken-zilver-artuur-peters-is-goed-voor-brons~1660917212319/) [Top day for Belgium at European Kayak Championships: women take SILVER, Artuur Peters takes BRONZE] (in Dutch). [Sporza](/source/Sporza). 20 August 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

1. ["Hermien Peters en Lize Broekx kwalificeren zich met vierde plaats op WK Kajak Sprint voor Olympische Spelen"](https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230827_93899651) [Hermien Peters and Lize Broekx qualify for the Olympic Games with fourth place at the Kayak Sprint World Championships] (in Dutch). [Het Nieuwsblad](/source/Het_Nieuwsblad). 27 August 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.

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