World Champion Pieter Coetzé: Why He Turned Down the USA to Chase Gold at Home 🇿🇦


Pieter Coetzé is the new 100m backstroke world champion — and he’s just getting started. 

In this exclusive interview on The Sias du Plessis Show, Pieter opens up about:

His journey to becoming the world’s fastest backstroker Why he turned down a U.S. college scholarship to stay in South Africa The sacrifices, setbacks, and victories along the way His dreams of Olympic gold and putting South African swimming on the global map
 
 

Published: 10/07/2025