GERBER Yanah

Date of Birth: 16 Mar 2001

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Birth Country:

South Africa

Place of residence : GQEBERHA

Residence Country:

South Africa

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Women RSA South Africa	10

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #02 RSA South Africa 4 ESP Spain 29	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #09 CAN Canada 21 RSA South Africa 1	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #13 RSA South Africa 1 NED Netherlands 33	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #20 AUS Australia 14 RSA South Africa 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR

Yazzie (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Going to the beach. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Business - Loyola Marymount University [LMU], Los Angeles, CA, USA

Languages spoken:

Afrikaans, English

Loyola Marymount University [Los Angeles, CA, USA] since 2020

Kyle Witt [club], USA; Delaine Mentoor [national]

2019 for South Africa, World League in Perth, Australia (pressreader.com, 26 Mar 2019; Water Polo South Africa Twitter profile, 26 Mar 2019)

National league:

NCAA Division I [USA] (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 24 Jan 2020)

She began playing water polo in 2015 at Pearson High School in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (The Herald South Africa, 26 Mar 2019; Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

"I was already involved in swimming and lifesaving as sports and lots of those athletes also took part in water polo so I thought I would give it a try. I enjoyed it right from the start." (The Herald South Africa, 26 Mar 2019)

To play professional water polo. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Being selected for the South African team for the first time. (The Herald South Africa, 26 Mar 2019; Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Australian water polo player Rowena Webster. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Coach Luke Manthe. (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard." (Athlete, 31 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
STUDYING ABROAD
In 2020 she began studying at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA, United States of America, where she expects to remain until 2023. In March 2019, she said it was always her ambition to go to university in the United States of America. "Their university water polo system is the best in the world." (The Herald South Africa, 26 Mar 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has been a qualified lifeguard since 2016 and volunteered with the South African National Sea Rescue Institute in March 2017. She has also worked part-time as a tutor, teaching primary and secondary school students English, maths, Afrikaans and biology. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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