Pietie Coetzee (born 2 September 1978) is a

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player from

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who was born in

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. she studied at the

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, and represented her country at the

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, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics. A striker, Coetzee played club hockey with

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in the late 1990s. She made her international senior debut for the South African Women's Team in 1995 against

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during the Atlanta Challenge Cup in

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. She was named the ''South African Hockey Player of the Year'' in 1997 and in 2002. Coetzee was the top goal scorer at the

2002 Women's Hockey World Cup The 2002 Women's Hockey World Cup was the 10th edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 24 November to 8 December 2002 in Perth, Western Australia. Argentina won the tournament for the first time after d ...

held in

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, where South Africa finished in 13th position. In 2007, she played briefly at NMHC Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Pietie Coetzee became the all-time leading goal scorer in women's international hockey on 21 June 2011 with the third of four goals she scored in a 5–5 draw against the United States in the Champions Challenge in Dublin. It took her to 221 goals, bettering the 20-year-old world record of Russia's Natalya Krasnikova.

International senior tournaments

* 1995 – All Africa Games, Harare * 1998 –

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, Utrecht * 1998 –

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

, Kuala Lumpur * 1999 – All Africa Games, Johannesburg * 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen * 2000 –

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, Sydney * 2002 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg * 2002 –

, Manchester * 2002 –

, Perth * 2003 – All Africa Games, Abuja * 2003 –

Afro-Asian Games The Afro-Asian Games were the series of inter-continental multi-sport competitions, held between athletes from Asia and Africa. These Games are one-of-a-kind, since no other sporting competition brings athletes from these two continents together ...

, Hyderabad * 2004 –

, Athens * 2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach * 2012 −

, London

References

External links

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South African Hockey Federation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coetzee, Pietie 1978 births Living people South African people of Dutch descent Afrikaner people South African female field hockey players Olympic field hockey players of South Africa Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bloemfontein University of Johannesburg alumni Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa NMHC Nijmegen players African Games gold medalists for South Africa Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games African Games medalists in field hockey