COETZE Pieter

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	200Back	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2019	Budapest, HUN	SF (25.68)	H (56.76)	H (2:05.18)	H (3:44.84)	H (4:04.79)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Oom [Afrikaans for 'uncle', a name given to him by South African swimmer Chad le Clos who was surprised by his big build] (up.ac.za, 14 Apr 2021)

Student

English

Tuks Swimming [Pretoria, RSA]

Rocco Meiring [club]; Graham Hill [national]

He took up swimming at age eight in Rustenburg, South Africa at age eight. (rekord.co.za, 21 Apr 2021; newframe.com, 29 May 2021)

Initially a sprinter and rugby player, he was encouraged by his parents to take up swimming due to his older sister Jana's success at school level in the sport, with the family spending much of their time taking Jana to swimming practices and galas. (rekord.co.za, 21 Apr 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and at the world championships. (rekord.co.za, 21 Apr 2021)

Securing qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo at the 2021 South African National Championships in Gqeberha, South Africa. (up.ac.za, 14 Apr 2021)

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, US swimmer Ryan Murphy, South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker. (up.ac.za, 14 Apr 2021; rekord.co.za, 21 Apr 2021; newframe.com, 29 May 2021)

"If you don't believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of." [Cristiano Ronaldo] (up.ac.za, 14 Apr 2021)