ACHONWA Natalie

Date of Birth: 22 Nov 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.91/6'3''

Place of birth: TORONTO, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Women CAN Canada	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #07 SRB Serbia 72 CAN Canada 68	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #17 CAN Canada 74 KOR Republic of Korea 53	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #29 CAN Canada 66 ESP Spain 76	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
8	Women	2012	London, GBR

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Women	2018	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ESP
12	Women	2010	Czech Republic

Nat, Ace (Twitter profile, 26 Apr 2020; guelphpl.ca, 22 Dec 2013)

Occupation:

Business, Management - University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA

Languages spoken:

English, French

Indiana Fever [Indianapolis, IN, USA] since 2015

Marianne Stanley [club]; Lisa Thomaidis [national], CAN

Position style:

Centre, Power forward (basketball.ca, 01 Apr 2020; basketball.eurobasket.com, 01 Apr 2020)

Sporting relatives:

Her brother Adrian played basketball at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. (und.com, 14 Apr 2014)

2009 for Canada Against People's Republic of China, in People's Republic of China (und.com, 14 Apr 2014)

In 2014 she tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her knee while playing for the University of Notre Dame in the United States of America. (und.com, 14 Apr 2014)

In 2011 she missed games in November and December while recovering from surgery on her left knee. (irishsportsreport.com, 31 Oct 2011)

National league:

WNBA [USA] (bardown.com, 09 Feb 2020)

She began playing basketball at age eight in Guelph, ON, Canada. (theglobeandmail.com, 20 Mar 2014)

She started playing with her brother. After a growth spurt at age 11, her football coach invited her try out for the basketball team, of which he was also the coach. (guelphtoday.com, 05 Mar 2019; olympic.ca, 14 Apr 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (stcatharinesstandard.ca, 08 Feb 2020)

Basketball coach Muffet McGraw. (highposthoops.com, 03 Sep 2019)

In 2019 she was won the WNBA Community Assist Award for her coaching work. (wnba.com, 29 Oct 2019)

In 2015 she was selected for the WNBA All-Rookie Team. (WNBA Facebook page, 25 Sep 2015)

In 2011 she was named to the Big East All-Freshman team while playing at the University of Notre Dame in the United States of America. (und.com, 14 Apr 2014)

In 2011 she was named Baller of the Year by Ontario Female Basketball in Canada. (basketball.on.ca, 02 Nov 2011)

General Interest

General
COACHING
She intends to go into coaching after retiring from playing, and in March 2019 she launched her first Ace of Hoops skills camp in Guelph, ON, Canada. She hopes to expand the project throughout Canada and the United States of America in the future. "My love for the game is beyond just putting the ball in the hoop. I love the fact that you can meet new people, the relationships you build, how it can alter people's lives. I take that intellectual aspect of the game - my basketball IQ is my niche - and I apply that to what I love about the game, impacting people's lives. I'm really focused on giving the kids an opportunity to get better. I also want them to interact with me. I'll be there the entire time. It's not a sticker camp with my name on it. It's my little baby and I'm very excited about it." (highposthoops.com, 03 Sep 2019; wnba.com, 01 Sep 2019; guelphtoday.com, 05 Mar 2019)

TATTOO
She has the word 'blessed' tattooed on one wrist and the Nigerian words 'nosike' and 'chioma' on the other. "I look at it every day as, 'Be thankful that you're blessed and have every opportunity and live to the fullest.' Nosike means 'stay strong'. It is motivation to stay strong every day, in anything you face. Chioma is my middle name. It means 'God's beauty.' It's the name that my grandmother and my father call me." (southbendtribune.com, 02 Dec 2011)

HERITAGE
Her father Manny moved from Nigeria to Canada at age 12. (wnba.com, 01 Jul 2016)

Milestones

In 2009, at age 16, she became the youngest female player to have been selected for the Canada national basketball team. (olympic.ca, 31 Aug 2016)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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