20-year-old Matthew Sates has his home town of Pietermaritzburg (and the rest of SA) feeling super proud after becoming a Swimming World Cup winner with two gold victories:
Berlin, Germany (10 October 2023) — Representing Pietermaritzburg and South Africa outstandingly, swimmer and water bender Matthew Sates has been named one of the World Aquatics World Cup Winners from the Berlin stretch of the Cup!
Announced in the top 5 Swimming World Cup winners that competed in Berlin’s meet, Sates waves the South African flag proudly amid other swimming royalty from around the world, including Erika Fairweather, Haiyang Qin, Thomas Ceccon, Danas Rapsys, Michael Andrew, Kaylee Mckeown, Yufei Zhang and Siobhan Haughey.
This after 20-year-old Sates’ stellar swims with results boasting two gold wins for his 200m Medley and 200m Butterfly, as well as silver in his 400m medley.
His latest achievements mark another magnificent milestone in the young swimmer’s career and for Team South Africa including the likes of winning the first gold for Team SA at the FINA World Swimming Champs last year where he also broke his own African record.
Of his victory, he dedicated it to the people of Pietermaritzburg, aptly noting that ‘you can take the boy out the burg but you can’t take the burg out the boy.’
Now, Team South Africa will progress to Athens where the Swimming World Cup continues for its ‘second meet’ from 13-15 October with Sates at the forefront of more proud moments to come.
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