Pietie 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 Natalya 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 External links South African Hockey Federation 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