Tori Peeters
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Victoria Peeters |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Born | 17 May 1994 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | javelin |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | Javelin:63.26m (Yokohama, 2023) |
Victoria Peeters(born 17 May 1994), known asTori Peeters,is a New Zealand athlete who is national record holder and a multiple time national champion in thejavelin throw.
Early life
[edit]Peeters is fromGore.She studied inDunedin,and was then based inCambridge, New Zealand,working atSt Peter's School.
Career
[edit]Peeters broke the New Zealand national record forjavelin throwfor the time in March 2014, with a throw of 54.45m, breakingKirsten Hellier’s previous record set in 1999.[1]
At the Sydney Track Classic in February 2020, Peeters threw a personal best 62.04m which improved her own national record and placed her fifteenth for the year worldwide.[2][3]Peeters was not selected for the 2020 New Zealand Olympic team, which was controversial for some.[4]
In 2022, Peeters won the Oceanic Championship and competed for New Zealand at the2022 World Athletics Championshipswhere she placed 24th.[5]She achieved sixth place in the final of the women’s javelin at the2022 Commonwealth GamesinBirmingham.In May 2023, she threw a new national record of 63.26m at the Yokohama Grand Prix, Japan.[6]
Competing at the2023 World Athletics ChampionshipsinBudapest,she finished 7cm away from qualifying for the final.[7]
In April 2024, she was named in the preliminary New Zealand squad for the 2024 Olympic Games.[8]The following month, she finished third at Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo with a throw of 61.26 metres.[9]She competed in the javelin at the2024 Summer OlympicsinParisin August 2024.[10]
References
[edit]- ^Cheshire, Jeff (5 May 2021)."Peeters' qualification criteria reassessed".Otago Daily Times.Retrieved2 July2021.
Peeters (26) had been selected in Athletics New Zealand's 15-strong team for the Tokyo Games, with the provision she threw 62m by the end of April.
- ^"Tori Peeters".worldathletics.org.Retrieved2 July2021.
- ^McFadden, Suzanne (2 March 2020)."Tori's story: How she gave the javelin wings".newsroom.co.nz.Retrieved2 July2021.
- ^Walker, Angela (22 November 2021)."Tori Peeters overcomes the blow of Olympic no-go".newsroom.co.nz.
NZ javelin champion Tori Peeters has moved through anger and grief at her non-selection for the Tokyo Olympics
- ^"No final fling for Peeters".Otago Daily Times.22 July 2022.
Peeters' best throw of 53.67m was only good enough for 24th, with the top 12 qualifying for the final.
- ^Ross, Sarah (13 August 2023)."Tori's throwing everything at the Worlds".Newsroom.Retrieved20 April2024.
- ^"Heartbreak for Tori Peeters as she misses world athletics javelin final by one spot".Stuff.co.nz.23 August 2023.Retrieved20 April2024.
- ^Kirkness, Luke (18 April 2024)."New Zealand announces strong athletics team for Paris 2024 Olympics featuring Hamish Kerr and George Beamish".NZ Herald.Retrieved20 April2024.
- ^"World javelin champion Kitaguchi lays down marker in Tokyo".Japan Today.20 May 2024.Retrieved20 May2024.
- ^"Women's Javelin Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics".Watch Athletics.10 August 2024.Retrieved8 September2024.
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- New Zealand female javelin throwers
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- People from Gore, New Zealand
- New Zealand Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for New Zealand
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