Tori Peeters
Personal information
Full nameVictoria Peeters
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1994-05-17) 17 May 1994 (age 29)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Eventjavelin

Victoria Peeters (born 17 May 1994), known as Tori Peeters, is a New Zealand athlete who competes in the javelin.

Peeters is originally from Gore, and then based in Cambridge, where she works at St Peter's School, she also spent several years studying in Dunedin. At the Sydney Track Classic in February 2020, Peeters threw 62.04m which placed her fifteenth for the year worldwide as well as being a personal best it was a New Zealand record breaking her own that she had set a fortnight before.[1][2] In all, Peeters has broken the national New Zealand record eight times, first doing so in March 2014 when a throw of 54.45m, broke Kirsten Hellier’s record from 1999.[3] Peeters was not selected for the 2020 New Zealand Olympic team.[4] In 2022, Peeters won the Oceanic Championship and competed for New Zealand at the 2022 World Athletics Championships where she came 24th.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Tori Peeters". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  2. ^ McFadden, Suzanne (2 March 2020). "Tori's story: How she gave the javelin wings". newsroom.co.nz. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "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.

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2022 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
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