# Koa Stotz

> Koa Stotz is an Australian swimmer specialising in sprint freestyle and breaststroke. A multiple Australian age-record holder from the Gold Coast.

Koa Stotz is a 16-year-old Australian competitive swimmer from the Gold Coast, Queensland, specialising in sprint freestyle and breaststroke. He is 2m (6′7″) tall, trains at Somerset Gold Coast Swim Club with coach Chris Urquhart, and is part of the Swimming Australia Junior Flippers, NextWave and NextGen squads and the Swimming Queensland Flippers and Sprint for 32 squads. In 2026 he represented Australia at the Oceania Swimming Championships in Suva, Fiji. His long-term goal is to represent Australia at the Olympic Games.

## Career totals
- 8 Australian Records
- 19 Allcomers Records
- 21 QLD State Records
- 17 National Titles
- 35 QLD State Titles

## Next event
- 2026 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Championships, 12 – 18 December, 2026, Brisbane Aquatic Centre, Chandler

## Australian Age Records
- 15 yrs 50m Breaststroke (long course): 28.32 — 2026 Australian Age Championships, Southport, QLD, 13 Apr 2026
- 14 yrs 50m Breaststroke (short course): 28.36 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 10 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 50m Breaststroke (short course): 28.36 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 10 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 100m Freestyle (short course): 50.34 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 9 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 100m Breaststroke (short course): 1:01.46 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 8 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 100m Breaststroke (long course): 1:04.21 — 2025 Australian Age Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 14 Apr 2025
- 14 yrs 50m Breaststroke (long course): 29.52 — 2025 Australian Age Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 13 Apr 2025
- 14 yrs 50m Breaststroke (long course): 30.58 — 2024 School sport Australia championships, Gold Coast, QLD, 31 Jul 2024

## Australian Allcomers Records
- 15 yrs 50m Breaststroke (short course): 27.74 — 2026 Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 24 Aug 2026
- 15 yrs 100m Freestyle (short course): 49.31 — 2026 Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 8 Aug 2026
- 15 yrs 100m Breaststroke (short course): 1.00.12, 7 Aug 2026
- 15 yrs 50m Breaststroke (long course): 28.32 — 2026 Australian Age Championships, Southport, QLD, 13 Apr 2026
- 14 yrs 50m Breaststroke (short course): 28.36 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 10 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 50m Breaststroke (short course): 28.36 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 10 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 100m Freestyle (short course): 50.34 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 9 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 50m Freestyle (short course): 23.04 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 8 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 100m Breaststroke (short course): 1:01.46 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 8 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 100m Individual Medley (short course): 56.46 — 2025 Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 8 Aug 2025
- 14 yrs 100m Breaststroke (long course): 1:04.21 — 2025 Australian Age Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 14 Apr 2025
- 14 yrs 50m Breaststroke (long course): 29.52 — 2025 Australian Age Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 13 Apr 2025
- 14 yrs & Under 4x50m Freestyle Relay (long course): 1:39.64 — 2024 Queensland Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 14 Dec 2024
- 14 yrs 100m Freestyle (long course): 54.56 — 2024 Northern Territory Championships, Darwin, NT, 29 Sep 2024
- 14 yrs 50m Breaststroke (long course): 30.77 — 2024 Northern Territory Championships, Darwin, NT, 28 Sep 2024
- 14 yrs 100m Breaststroke (long course): 1:08.27 — 2024 Northern Territory Championships, Darwin, NT, 27 Sep 2024
- 12 yrs 50m Breaststroke (short course): 31.84 — 2023 Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 13 Aug 2023
- 12 yrs 100m Breaststroke (short course): 1:09.61 — 2023 Queensland Short Course Championships, Brisbane, QLD, 11 Aug 2023
- 11 yrs 50m Breaststroke (long course): 34.86 — 2022 School sport Australia championships, Brisbane, QLD, 22 Aug 2022

## In the media
- [Bryce Krause and Koa Stotz fire up at the Hancock Prospecting Queensland Short Course](https://qld.swimming.org.au/news-articles/bryce-krause-and-koa-stotz-fire-hancock-prospecting-queensland-short-course): Swimming Queensland
- [14th Oceania Swimming Championship 2026 | Swimming Australia dominates](https://www.fijitimes.com.fj/14th-oceania-swimming-championship-2026-swimming-australia-dominates/): The Fiji Times
- [Next Gen makes waves in Fiji with 14 gold at Oceania Champs](https://www.swimming.org.au/articles/next-gen-makes-waves-in-fiji-with-14-gold-at-oceania-champs): Swimming Australia
- [Record-breaker Stotz heads squad announced for Oceania Champs](https://www.swimming.org.au/articles/record-breaker-stotz-heads-squad-announced-for-oceania-champs): Swimming Australia
- [Koa Stotz & Molly Young Wrangle Up Wins At Aussie Age Championships Day Three](https://swimswam.com/koa-stotz-molly-young-wrangle-up-wins-at-aussie-age-championships-day-three/): SwimSwam
- [Amelie Smith’s Fourth Australian Age Gold; National Records To Leny Grigor, Koa Stotz and Bryce Krause](https://qld.swimming.org.au/news-articles/amelie-smiths-fourth-australian-age-gold-national-records-leny-grigor-koa-stotz-and): Swimming Queensland
- [Male Swimmer of the Meet: Koa Stotz](https://www.facebook.com/SwimmingQLD/posts/-male-swimmer-of-the-meet-koa-stotzcongratulations-koa-from-somerset-gold-coast-/1082325637414756/): Swimming Queensland
- [Revealed: Qld’s magnificent Olympic and Paralympic seven](https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/brisbane-olympics-and-paralympics-2032/revealed-qlds-magnificent-olympic-and-paralympic-seven/news-story/b07fb22bbba34f87120ec7a19417b6fc): The Courier-Mail
- [Back to the future for 2032 as Next Wave camp launched](https://www.swimming.org.au/articles/back-to-the-future-for-2032-as-next-wave-camp-launched): Swimming Australia
- [Chandler’s Lincoln Wearing sinks Mack Horton’s national 800m freestyle record](https://qld.swimming.org.au/news-articles/chandlers-lincoln-wearing-sinks-mack-hortons-national-800m-freestyle-record): Swimming Queensland
- [Australian Age Championships: Victoria’s Latest Rising Star Henry Allan Headlines Record Assault On Night Five](https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/australian-age-championships-victorias-latest-rising-star-henry-allan-headlines-record-assault-on-night-five/): Swimming World Magazine

## Links
- [Website](https://koastotz.com/): results, records, media and partnership enquiries
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/koastotz/): @koastotz
- [Contact / partnerships](https://koastotz.com/#contact): brand partnership and media enquiries via the contact form