Deane Pieters
Personal information
Full nameDeane Anthony Pieters
National team Australia
Born (1968-07-30) 30 July 1968
Perth, Western Australia
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Australia
Pan Pacific Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Edmonton 4×200m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1993 Kobe 4×200m freestyle

Deane Anthony Pieters (born 30 July 1968) is a freestyle swimmer who competed for Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he was disqualified in the final of the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay team, alongside Kieren Perkins, Duncan Armstrong and Ian Brown.[1]

At the 1991 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Edmonton, Pieters won a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle. He also finished 4th in the 200-metre freestyle, 10th in the 400-metre freestyle, and 28th in the 100-metre freestyle.[2][3][4]

At the 1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Kobe, Japan, Pieters again won a silver medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle. He also finished 11th in the 200-metre freestyle, and 23rd in the 100-metre freestyle.[5][6][7]

Pieters is general manager of business strategy and growth for the West Coast Eagles football club and formerly held the position of general manager marketing from 2001 to 2010, spanning a period of drug controversies centred on the Eagles' playing list.[8]

In 2010 at the age of 41, Pieters won the Rottnest Channel Swim in a time of 4 hours, 41 minutes and 35 seconds, going one better from his 2009 result.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Results of the 1991 Pan Pacific" (PDF). USA Swimming. 26 August 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  3. ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 10 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "1991 Pan Pacific results". Swim News. 1 September 1991. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Results of the 1993 Pan Pacific" (PDF). USA Swimming. 16 August 1993. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  6. ↑ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Pacific Championships history Archived 10 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "1993 Pan Pacific results". Swim News. 16 August 1993. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "Inside the Eagles drug nightmare".
  9. ↑ Rottnest Channel Swim winner announced, WAToday.com, Tim Clarke and Daile Pepper, 20 February 2010
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