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How Pietie Coetzee-Turner Has Left an Indelible Mark on Field Hockey

Pietie Coetzee-Turner was eight years old when she first picked up a field hockey stick in Johannesburg, South Africa.

At first, field hockey was simply an escape from life in boarding school during a time of evolution across the country.

Most of the year, her focus was the pool, where she was a nationally successful swimmer. But she wanted a distraction when that sport was quieter during the winter months.

So she started heading to the hockey pitch with friends.

Coetzee-Turner’s interest in the sport grew, and so did her ability as she kept coming back.

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It was then that she realized there might be something special in the works. Still, she was within reach of Olympic-level swimming. What was the deciding factor in leaving?

“I wondered, ‘if I put the same energy and time into field hockey as I did swimming, what would happen?’” she said.

“When I did, within a few months I made the [South Africa] nati