Cathelijn Peeters

Cathelijn Peeters

Peeters at the 2023 European Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born	6 November 1996 Dongen, Netherlands
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 m hurdles
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 19 (400 m hurdles, 2023)
Personal best	400 m hurdles 54.56 (2023)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the Netherlands World Championships 2023 Budapest 4×400 m relay European Indoor Championships 2023 Istanbul 4×400 m relay European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 400 m hurdles

Cathelijn Peeters (Dutch: [ˌkɑtəˈlɛin ˈpeːtərs]; born 6 November 1996) is a Dutch track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles and previously competed in the heptathlon.

In the 400 metres hurdles, she won a bronze medal in the 2023 European Games and four consecutive national titles at the Dutch Championships from 2020 to 2023.

As part of the Dutch women's 4 × 400 metres relay team, she won gold medals in the 2023 World Championships and the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships and shares the Dutch records outdoor and indoor.

Early life

Cathelijn Peeters was born on 6 November 1996 in Dongen in the Netherlands.

Her cousin Silke Peeters is also a national level hurdler.

Senior career

Peeters reached the national podium for the first time at the 2019 Dutch Championships, taking third place in the hurdles. She followed this with wins at the national championships in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

She set a personal best of 53.34 seconds for the 400 metres, gaining selection for the Dutch relay team at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. During the heats of the women's 4 × 400 m relay Peeters dropped the baton, causing the team to be eliminated.

She was a gold medallist in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships, helping break the Dutch record and championship record with a time of 3:25.66 minutes alongside Femke Bol, Lieke Klaver and Eveline Saalberg. On 27 August 2023, the Dutch team continued the success with a gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.

Personal bests

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Individual events

Type	Event	Result	Venue	Date	Notes
Outdoor	100 metres	12.02 s	Vught, Netherlands	10 September 2023	(Wind: 0.0 m/s)
	200 metres	23.91 s	Vught, Netherlands	10 September 2023	(Wind: +1.6 m/s)
	400 metres	51.73 s	Leuven, Belgium	5 August 2023
	100 metres hurdles	14.11 s	Antwerp, Belgium	21 August 2021	(Wind: +0.4 m/s)
	400 metres hurdles	54.56 s	Madrid, Spain	22 July 2023
	Heptathlon	4772 pts	Gemert, Netherlands	2 June 2019
Indoor	200 metres	24.25 s i	Dortmund, Germany	6 January 2024
	400 metres	52.51 s i	Gent, Belgium	3 February 2024
	Pentathlon	3447 pts i	Apeldoorn, Netherlands	3 February 2019

Season's bests

Year	400 m	400 m indoor	400 m hurdles
2013	–	–	71.10
2014	–	–	67.99
2015	–	–	–
2016	–	62.25 i	67.19
2017	61.01	60.57 i	65.24
2018	–	59.31 i	62.53
2019	57.37	58.21 i	59.80
2020	57.94	56.78 i	60.25
2021	56.50	55.76 i	58.17
2022	53.34	53.56 i	56.03
2023	51.73	52.94 i	54.56

Key:   Lifetime best (in bold)

Team events

Type	Event	Time m:s	Venue	Date	Record	Notes
Outdoor	4 × 400 m relay women	3:20.72	Budapest, Hungary	27 August 2023	NR	Teamed with Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, and Femke Bol. Peeters' split time for the third leg was 51.37 seconds.
Indoor	4 × 400 m relay women	3:25.66 i	Istanbul, Turkey	5 March 2023	NR	Third national team of all time. Teamed with Lieke Klaver, Eveline Saalberg, and Femke Bol. Peeters' split time for the third leg was 53.14 seconds.

Competition results

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

World Athletics Rankings

Highest overall and event World Athletics Rankings per year.

Year	200 m	400 m	100 m hurdles	400 m hurdles	Heptathlon	Overall
2019	–	1591	–	304	574	5930
2020	–	1300	–	321	568	5716
2021	–		910	140	594
2022	1556		907	62	–	1198
2023	–	126	–	19	–	366

Key:   Lifetime best (in bold)

International competitions

Representing the Netherlands

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result	Notes
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	—	4 × 400 m relay	DQ	TR24.6
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.66	CR NR
	European Games	Kraków, Poland	3rd	400 m hurdles	54.97
	European Team Championships (1st Division)
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	14th (sf)	400 m hurdles	54.63
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.72	WL NR

National championships

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2017	Dutch Championships	Utrecht	6th in heats	400 m hurdles	1:07.60
2018	Dutch Indoor Combined Events Championships	Apeldoorn	9th	Pentathlon	3220 pts
	Dutch Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn	5th in heats	400 m	60.46
2019	Dutch Indoor Combined Events Championships	Apeldoorn	13th	Pentathlon	3447 pts
	Dutch Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn	4th in heats	400 m	58.42
	Dutch Championships	The Hague	3rd	400 m hurdles	59.80
2020	Dutch Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn	3rd in heats	400 m	56.78
Dutch Championships	Utrecht	1st	400 m hurdles	1:00.32
Dutch Combined Event Championships	Emmeloord	7th	Heptathlon	4706 pts
2021	Dutch Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn	4th in heats	200 m	25.96
			4th in heats	400 m	57.02
	Dutch Championships	Breda	1st	400 m hurdles	58.17
2022	Dutch Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn	6th	400 m	54.48
	Dutch Championships	Apeldoorn	1st	400 m hurdles	56.51
2023	Dutch Indoor Championships	Apeldoorn	3rd	400 m	53.11
	Dutch Championships	Breda	1st	400 m hurdles	54.95