Upcoming Event
- 2026 AUS Age Championships
- 11-18 April 2026
- Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
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progress. performance. potential.
7 x Australian Age Record Holder | No.1 in 50m & 100m Freestyle and Breaststroke
AUS Age Championships 2025
Up Next
- 2026 AUS Age Championships
- 11-18 April 2026
- Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
progress. performance. potential.
7 x Australian Age Record Holder
No.1 in 50m & 100m Freestyle and Breaststroke
AUS Age Championships 2025
I’m Koa Stotz, a sprint freestyle and breaststroke swimmer from the Gold Coast, competing at a national level. Standing at 2m (6’7″), I focus on developing every aspect of my performance.
I train at Somerset Gold Coast Swim Club with coach Chris Urquhart, specialising in sprint freestyle and breaststroke. I’m a member of the Swimming Queensland Youth Development Squad, and was selected for the Swimming Australia NextWave and NextGen camps in 2025, where I gained valuable experience within elite training environments.
My goal is to qualify for the 2026 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, with long-term ambitions 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 in a positive way 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.
Follow along as I work toward my goals, one stroke at a time.
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
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: swimswam.com
"Koa Stotz made some noise in the 14-year-old boys' 100m freestyle final on day three of the 2025 Queensland Short Course Championships..."
Source: couriermail.com.au
"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.org.au
"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: swimswam.com
"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: swimmingworldmagazine.com
"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: qld.swimming.org.au
"Also swimming into the record books was Gold Coast-based schoolboy Koa Stotz (Somerset, QLD; Coach Chris Urquhart) who even surprised himself..."
Source: swimswam.com
"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 national-level swimmer, currently ranked No. 1 in his sprint events and holding multiple Australian records, with a clear pathway toward international competition.
If that sounds like your brand, let’s connect.











