Pieter Coetze

Pieter Coetze (born 13 May 2004) is a South African swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Pieter Coetze
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2004-05-13) 13 May 2004
Pretoria, South Africa[1]
Sport
SportSwimming

Career

In the 100 metre backstroke preliminary heats at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Coetze placed 24th with a time of 54.05 seconds.[2][3][4] Later in the year, at the 2021 Swimming World Cup stop in Doha, Qatar in October, and conducted in short course metres, he won gold medals in the 200 metre backstroke with a 1:52.09, in the 50 metre backstroke in a time of 23.13 seconds, in the 100 metre backstroke in 50.86 seconds, placed fifth in the 100 metre individual medley, and placed 12th in the 50 metre butterfly.[5]

At the South Africa National Swimming Championships in April 2022, Coetze swam a time of 53.96 seconds in the 100 metre backstroke in the prelims heats, achieving a qualifying time for both the 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2022 World Aquatics Championships before going on to win the gold medal and national title in the final.[6][7] He achieved another qualifying time on the third day, this time in the 50 metre backstroke, winning the gold medal with a 24.74.[8][9] Leading off the 4×50 metre freestyle relay on the fourth day, Coetze secured a qualification time in a third individual event, the 50 metre freestyle, with a time of 22.15 seconds.[9] With a time of 22.34 seconds in the final of the 50 metre freestyle on day five, he won the national title and gold medal in the event, narrowly finishing ahead of Brad Tandy by less than two-tenths of a second.[10] The sixth and final day of competition, he attained a fourth qualification in a time trial, swimming a 1:56.92 in the 200 metre backstroke.[11]

References
  1. "Pieter Coetze". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  2. "Pieter Coetze". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. "Men's 100m Backstroke: Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming: Men's 100m Backstroke". ESPN. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  5. FINA (23 October 2021). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2021 Doha (QAT): Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. Race, Retta (6 April 2022). "Van Niekerk, Canny, Coetze Qualify For Budapest World Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. "Coetzé and Schoenmaker qualifies for Birmingham Commonwealth Games". SuperSport. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  8. SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022). "18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs". News24. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  10. Isaacson, David (10 April 2022). "Beaten Brad Tandy hands sprint baton to young Pieter Coetzé". The Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  11. Isaacson, David (11 April 2022). "King Matt gathers the crowns, speedy Pieter the qualifying times". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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