Pieter Coetze was born on 13 May 2004 and is a South African swimmer.
11 Facts About Pieter Coetze
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Pieter Coetze is the African record holder in the long course and short course 100 metre backstroke and short course 50 metre backstroke.
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Pieter Coetze achieved another qualifying time on the third day, this time in the 50 metre backstroke, winning the gold medal with a 24.74.
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Pieter Coetze was named to the World Championships team in the 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, and 200 metre backstroke.
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Pieter Coetze won the gold medal in the final with a time of 53.78 seconds, marking the second gold medal for South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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Pieter Coetze lowered his time by 0.14 seconds in the semifinals of the 50 metre backstroke to a 24.81, ranked first, and qualified for the event's final.
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On day five, Pieter Coetze ranked fourth in the preliminaries of the 200 metre backstroke, qualifying for the evening final with a time of 1:58.08.
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On 28 June, Pieter Coetze was named to the official South Africa roster for the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in August and September in Lima, Peru.
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Pieter Coetze finished in an African and South African record time of 49.85 seconds in the semifinals, which qualified him to the final ranking sixth.
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Pieter Coetze improved upon his qualifying time in the evening final, winning the gold medal with a personal best time of 52.78 seconds that broke his African and South African records in the event.
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Pieter Coetze won the gold medal in the 50 metre freestyle on day four with a time of 22.30 seconds in the final after a first-ranked final-qualifying time of 22.18 seconds in the preliminaries.