Source: Swimming Queensland
"Bryce Krause and Koa Stotz Fire Up At The Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course..."
Up Next
- 2026 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships
- 12 – 18 December, 2026
- Chandler, Brisbane
progress. performance. potential.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS at 16yrs | 8x Australian Age Record Holder | Multiple Gold Medallist at the Australian Age Championships 2025 and 2026
Competing at the highest level in Australian age swimming
8
Australian Records
19
Allcomers Records
21
QLD State Records
17
National Titles
35
QLD State Titles
About Koa Stotz
I’m Koa Stotz, a 16-year-old sprint freestyle and breaststroke swimmer from the Gold Coast, competing at both national and international levels. Standing at 2m (6’7″), I’m focused on developing every aspect of my performance in and out of the pool.
I train at Somerset Gold Coast Swim Club with coach Chris Urquhart. I’m a part of the Swimming Australia Junior Flippers, NextWave and NextGen squads and part of the QAS TSP, and Swimming Queensland Flippers and the Sprint for 32 Squad. In 2026, I was selected to represent Australia at the Oceania Swimming Championships in Suva, Fiji, where I gained valuable experience within elite training and international competition environments.
I am working towards my long-term goal of representing Australia at the Olympic Games. I train at a high volume each week, approaching every session as an opportunity to improve.
I attend Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School, balancing my studies with a high-performance training schedule, which has helped shape my discipline, resilience and focus. I value representing the sport positively and being a role model for younger athletes.
Outside of swimming, I enjoy surfing, playing underwater hockey, fishing, and spearfishing along the Southern Gold Coast and Tweed Coast.
I’m committed to building a career at the highest level of the sport.
Impossible is
just a concept
always striving to be better than yesterday
In The Media
Koa has been featured in the following media and swimming platforms
2026
Source: The Fiji Times
"14th OCEANIA SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 | Swimming Australia dominates..."
Source: Swimming Australia
"Next Gen makes waves in Fiji with 14 gold at Oceania Champs..."
Source: Swimming Australia
"Record-breaker Stotz heads squad for Oceania Champs..."
Source: Swim Swam
"Koa Stotz & Molly Young Wrangle Up Wins At Aussie Age Championships Day Three..."
Source: Swimming Queensland News
"Amelie Smith’s Fourth Australian Age Gold; National Records To Leny Grigor, Koa Stotz and Bryce Krause..."
2025
Source: facebook.com/SwimmingQLD
"Congratulations Koa from Somerset (Gold Coast), coached by Chris Urquhart, for an incredible performance at the 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships..."
Source: Courier Mail
"Magnificent 7 (2032 Games – Seven Years To Go) - If there’s one name in swimming to keep an eye on in the coming years, it is 14-year-old Gold Coaster Koa Stotz...."
Source: Swimming Australia
"64 promising age athletes – males and females will compete at Next Wave and gain team and racing experiences at the Australian Institute of Sport..."
Source: Swim Swam
"Koa Stotz made a name for himself on day two of the 2025 Australian Age Championships, busting out a new national age record Aussie Age Record In 14-Yr-Old Boys’ 50 Breaststroke..."
Source: Swimming World Magazine
"Two-metre-tall Stotz punched the air in celebrating his second National record at this meet, winning the 14 years 100m breaststroke in 1:04.21 -taking 0.2 off Olympian Matthew Wilson’s 2013 mark of 1:04.44..."
Source: Swimming Queensland
"Also swimming into the record books was Gold Coast-based schoolboy Koa Stotz (Somerset, QLD; Coach Chris Urquhart) who even surprised himself..."
Source: Swim Swam
"Koa Stotz also joined the record-breaking party, notching a new standard en route to winning the 14-year-old boys’ 100m breaststroke..."
Partner With Koa
The results speak for themselves, but what they don’t show is the discipline, professionalism, and growing media presence behind them.
Koa is building his profile both in and out of the pool, and is open to partnering with brands that align with his values and long-term journey.
Partners can expect authentic alignment, professionalism, and consistent representation. Koa is an emerging Australian swimmer, currently ranked No. 1 in his sprint events, holding multiple Australian records, and already gaining international experience representing Australia at the 2026 Oceania Championships.
If that sounds like your brand, let’s connect.
