<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UBrett Petersen owazalwa ngo-9 Septhemba 1976 ungumbhukudi wangaphambili waseNingizimu Afrika, owayenekhono emidlalweni yokushaya amabele. Wathola indondo yegolide emncintiswaneni wamamitha ayi-100 wokushaya isifuba emidlalweni yama-All-Africa Games ka-1999  <response>: , futhi kamuva waba ngowokuqala kwabangu-8 ekugcineni ebangeni elifanayo kuma-Olimpiki asehlobo ka-2000. Ngenkathi efunda e-United States, uPetersen wayeyingxenye yeqembu le-200-yard medley relay elalifuna indawo ephezulu kuma-Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming Championships ka-1998. UPetersen uphinde wadlalela iqembu laseFlorida State Seminoles lokubhukuda nokudilika ngaphansi komqeqeshi oyinhloko uNeil Harper, futhi kamuva waba ngumuntu ophothule iziqu zezinhlelo zokwaziswa kwezokuphatha eFlorida State University eTallahassee, eFlorida. 