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Hermien Peters
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. Personal lifeShe is the older sister of Artuur Peters who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][2] CareerPeters 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] References
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