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.
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]
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]
References
^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.
^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.