50 m backstroke, men, 25 m pool

What to remember

Pieter Coetze built his career on backstroke. On October 9, 2026, at a World Cup stop in Tashkent, he swam the short course 50 m backstroke in 22.09 s.

Born in Pretoria, the South African is a backstroke specialist. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games he won gold in the 100 m backstroke, silver in the 50 m and bronze in the 200 m. That same year, at the World Junior Championships, he competed in ten events, winning the 200 m backstroke and taking silver in the 50 m and 100 m backstroke and the 4 × 100 m medley relay.

He has also set African records in the 100 m backstroke, in both long and short course, and in the short course 50 m backstroke.