{"id":514901,"date":"2022-10-21T17:51:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T00:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=514901"},"modified":"2022-10-22T05:53:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T12:53:20","slug":"pieter-coetze-commits-to-swimming-in-college-at-cal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/pieter-coetze-commits-to-swimming-in-college-at-cal\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Champ Pieter Coetze Commits to Swimming in College at Cal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pieter Coetze Commits to Swimming in College at Cal<\/strong><\/p>\n

An already-elite international swimmer is heading to Berkeley, Calif., to join coach\u00a0Dave Durden’s<\/strong> California Golden Bears. Pieter <\/strong>Coetze<\/strong>, the South African swimmer won gold in the 100 backstroke at this summer’s Commonwealth Games<\/a> as well as silver in the 50 back and bronze in the 200 back, announced his decision in an Instagram post Friday.<\/p>\n

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A post shared by Pieter Coetze\u0301 (@thedripkingh2o)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n