Gerrie Coetzee Wife: Was Gerrie Coetzee Married?

Rina Coetzee was the wife of Gerrie Coetzee a professional boxer from South Africa who competed from 1974 to 1986, as well as in 1993 and 1997. The couple had three children.

Aside from her marriage to Gerrie Coetzee, there is not much information about Rina Coetzee.

Gerrie Coetzee died on Thursday, 12th of January 2023, at the age of 67. Lana Coetzee, his daughter, told the South African outlet IOL Sport that her father died from “an aggressive form of cancer” that they only discovered the week before.

Gerrie Coetzee was the first African to compete for and win a world heavyweight title, holding the WBA title from 1983 to 1984.

Gerrie Coetzee had notable knockout victories over former unified world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks and WBA world heavyweight champion Michael Dokes, as well as a draw with future WBC world heavyweight champion Pinklon Thomas.

A movie on the life and career of Coetzee titled “Against All Odds” had been in production before his death, but will now have to be released posthumously.