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Pietie Coetzee-Turner

2010 Hockey World Cup
Personal information
Born	Pietie Coetzee (1978-09-02) 2 September 1978 (age 46) Bloemfontein, South Africa
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Playing position	Forward
National team
Years	Team	Caps	Goals
2000–2014	South Africa	287	(282)
Coaching career
Years	Team
2017–2019	University of the Witwatersrand
2019–present	University of Massachusetts
Medal record Representing  South Africa All-Africa Games 2003 Abuja Team Afro-Asian Games 2003 Hyderabad Team Champions Challenge 2005 Virginia Beach Team

Pietie Coetzee-Turner (née Coetzee; born 2 September 1978) is a field hockey player from South Africa who was born in Bloemfontein. she studied at the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg, Gauteng, and represented her country at the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

A striker, Coetzee played club hockey with Amsterdam, Netherlands in the late 1990s. She made her international senior debut for the South African Women's Team in 1995 against Spain during the Atlanta Challenge Cup in Atlanta, Georgia. 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 held in Perth, Western Australia, 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 Natella Krasnikova.

International senior tournaments

• 1995 – All Africa Games, Harare
• 1998 – World Cup, Utrecht
• 1998 – Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur
• 1999 – All Africa Games, Johannesburg
• 2000 – Champions Trophy, Amstelveen
• 2000 – Olympic Games, Sydney
• 2002 – Champions Challenge, Johannesburg
• 2002 – Commonwealth Games, Manchester
• 2002 – World Cup, Perth
• 2003 – All Africa Games, Abuja
• 2003 – Afro-Asian Games, Hyderabad
• 2004 – Olympic Games, Athens
• 2005 – Champions Challenge, Virginia Beach
• 2012 − Olympic Games, London

References

1. "Pietie Coetzee-Turner - Field Hockey Coach". University of Massachusetts Athletics. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
2. "Legendary moments: Pietie Coetzee signs off in style". fih. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
3. "Pietie Coetzee at sports-reference.com". www.olympic.org. IOC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
4. "Olympics: SA women's hockey team lose out to Australia". The Mail & Guardian. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
5. "SA's Coetzee retires in style". Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

External links

• Pietie Coetzee at the International Hockey Federation
• Pietie Coetzee at the South African Hockey Association
• Pietie Coetzee at the South African Hockey Association
• Pietie Coetzee at Olympedia
• Pietie Coetzee at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• South African Hockey Federation

Pietie Coetzee – International tournaments

v t e South Africa squad – 1998 FIH World Cup – 7th place 1 Du Toit 2 Van Wyk 3 Cormack 4 Geyser 5 Van Zyl 6 Agliotti 7 Brink 8 Dobson 9 MacNaughton 10 Arnoldi 11 Roberts (c) 12 Carlisle 13 Wessels 14 Bee 15 Coetzee 16 Dare Coach: Castelijn v t e South Africa squad – 1998 Commonwealth Games – 5th place 1 Du Toit 2 Van Wyk 3 Cormack 4 Geyser 5 Van Zyl 6 Agliotti 7 Kotze 8 Dobson 9 MacNaughton 10 Arnoldi 11 Roberts (c) 12 Carlisle 13 Wessels 14 Bee 15 Coetzee 16 Burger Coach: Castelijn v t e South Africa squad – 2000 Champions Trophy – 5th place 1 Vidulich 2 Van Wyk 3 Cormack 4 Geyser 5 Van Zyl 6 Kotze 8 Dobson 9 MacNaughton 11 Roberts (c) 12 Carlisle 13 Symons 14 Bee 15 Coetzee 16 Dare 18 Jones 22 Ntloko 27 Agliotti 28 Bentley Coach: Muller v t e South Africa squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 10th place 1 Vidulich 2 Van Wyk 3 Geyser 4 Van Zyl 5 Kotze 6 MacNaughton 7 Roberts (c) 8 Carlisle 9 Symons 10 Bee 11 Coetzee 12 Dare 13 Ntloko 14 Bentley 15 Agliotti 16 Wessels Coach: Muller v t e South Africa squad – 2002 Champions Challenge – 4th place 1 Birt 2 Van Wyk 3 Alves 4 Benkenstein 5 Van Zyl 7 Forword 8 Marescia 9 Van Breda 10 Koornhof 11 Mayer 12 Carlisle (c) 14 Bee 15 Coetzee 16 Wilson 21 Henry 22 Ntloko 31 Wessels Coach: — v t e South Africa squad – 2002 FIH World Cup – 13th place 1 Birt 2 Van Wyk 6 Kotze 7 Haynes 9 Marescia 10 Koornhof 11 Mayer 12 Carlisle (c) 14 Bee 15 Coetzee 16 Wilson 18 Ranyane 20 Ross 21 Henry 22 Ntloko 23 Vos 30 Wehmeyer 31 Wessels Coach: Howell v t e South Africa squad – 2003 All-Africa Games – Gold medal (3rd Title) 1 Birt 3 Hector 6 Kotze 9 Marescia 10 Koornhof 12 Carlisle 15 Coetzee 16 Wilson 18 Ranyane 22 Ntloko 24 Butler 25 Dorothy 28 Pholo 30 Wehmeyer 31 Wessels (c) 32 Engelbrecht Coach: Howell v t e South Africa squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 9th place 1 Birt 3 Hector 6 Kotze 7 Fulton 8 Marescia 10 Koornhof 12 Carlisle 14 Bee 15 Coetzee 16 Wilson 24 Butler 25 Dorothy 28 Pholo 30 Wehmeyer 31 Wessels (c) 32 Engelbrecht Coach: Howell v t e South Africa squad – 2005 Champions Challenge – Runners–up 1 Jack 3 Hector 4 Van Jaarsveld 5 Hosking 8 Marescia 9 Forword 10 Boezaart 12 Carlisle (c) 15 Coetzee 16 Wilson 17 George 21 Marais 24 Butler 26 Hubach 28 Pholo 29 Bright 30 Wehmeyer 32 Engelbrecht Coach: King v t e South Africa squad – 2010 World Cup – 10th place 1 Rix 8 Marescia 10 Russell 11 Keet 12 Chamberlain 13 Deetlefs 14 Madsen 15 Coetzee 16 Wilson 17 George 18 Ryan 21 Marais 22 Taylor 24 Botha 25 Hattingh 26 Hubach 29 Bright 30 Damons Coach: Bonnet v t e South Africa squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 10th place 1 Rix 3 Woods 7 Davids 8 Marescia 10 Russell 12 Chamberlain 13 Deetlefs 15 Coetzee 16 Wilson 17 George 20 Terblanche 21 Marais 22 Taylor 23 Coston 29 Bright 30 Damons Coach: Bonnet

• 1978 births
• Living people
• South African people of Dutch descent
• Afrikaner people
• South African female field hockey players
• South African field hockey coaches
• Female field hockey forwards
• Olympic field hockey players for 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
• South African expatriate field hockey players
• African Games gold medalists for South Africa
• Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games
• African Games medalists in field hockey