Deane Pieters

Dean Pieters

Personal information
Full name	Dean Anthony Pieters
Nationality	Australia
Born	30 July 1968 (1968-07-30) (age 43) Perth Western Australia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle

Deane Anthony Pieters (born 30 July 1968 in Perth, Western Australia) is a former freestyle swimmer who competed for Australia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Deane is a former World Life Saving Champion (1990) and has won eight Australian Surf Life Saving Titles between 1990 to 1993.

He has represented Australia in swimming (1991, 1992 and 1993) and surf life saving (1990, 1991 and 1996).

Deane 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.

The West Coast Eagles Football Club is Western Australia's premier sporting club, a leader both on and off the field in the AFL's competition. Joining the league in 1987, the team was the first non-Victorian club to win a premiership with its triumph of 1992 followed by further success in 1994 and 2006.

Deane is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program as part of the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, California, USA. Deane is also a graduate member of the Australia Institute of Company Directors (GAICD).

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.^[1]

External links

• Australian Olympic Committee

References

1. ^ [1] Rottnest Channel Swim winner announced, WAToday.com, Tim Clarke and Daile Pepper, 20 February 2010

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Name	Pieters, Deane
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Date of birth	30 July 1968
Place of birth	Perth Western Australia
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