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 | |
| Personal best(s) | Javelin: 63.26m (Yokohama, 2023) |
Victoria Peeters (born 17 May 1994), known as Tori Peeters, is a New Zealand athlete who is national record holder and a multiple time national champion in the javelin throw.
Early life[edit]
Peeters is from Gore. She studied in Dunedin, and was then based in Cambridge, New Zealand, working at St Peter's School.
Career[edit]
Peeters broke the New Zealand national record for javelin throw for the time in March 2014, with a throw of 54.45m, breaking Kirsten 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 the 2022 World Athletics Championships where she placed 24th.[5] She achieved sixth place in the final of the women’s javelin at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In May 2023, she threw a new national record of 63.26m at the Yokohama Grand Prix, Japan.[6]
Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, 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]
References[edit]
- ^ Cheshire, Jeff (5 May 2021). "Peeters' qualification criteria reassessed". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ McFadden, Suzanne (2 March 2020). "Tori's story: How she gave the javelin wings". newsroom.co.nz. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Heartbreak for Tori Peeters as she misses world athletics javelin final by one spot". Stuff.co.nz. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ Kirkness, Luke (18 April 2024). "New Zealand announces strong athletics team for Paris 2024 Olympics featuring Hamish Kerr and George Beamish". NZ Herald. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
External links[edit]
- Tori Peeters at World Athletics
- Tori Peeters at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Tori Peeters on Twitter
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