MACLEOD Nicola

Date of Birth: 14 May 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Place of birth: JOHANNESBURG

Birth Country:

South Africa

Place of residence : JOHANNESBURG

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

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2018	Surgut, RUS

World Junior Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Women	2017	Volos, GRE

Occupation:

Anatomy - University of Cape Town, South Africa

Languages spoken:

Delaine Mentoor [national], RSA

She began playing water polo at age 11, and went on to captain her school team at St Peter's College in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she was also the Head Girl of the school. (news.uct.ac.za, 09 Apr 2019; LinkedIn profile, 28 Jan 2021)

Her cousins advised her to try water polo. "At that stage there was no junior team and my primary school didn't even have a pool. I played for a club and just got thrown in the deep end." (news.uct.ac.za, 09 Apr 2019)

South African solo rower John Dempster. (Facebook profile, 25 Feb 2020)

General Interest

General
STUDIES AND SPORT
After the 2019 World League Intercontinental Cup competition in Perth, WA, Australia, where South Africa finished last out of eight teams, she said she believes the team are at a disadvantage against other countries due to their amateur status. "It's always tough coming from a South African standpoint. We are not professionals, we take out of our own time, and we are not funded at all. All the other teams are professionals who are on a completely different level. We try and train in our off-season but usually it's very difficult to stay fit. I can't make a career out of the sport so I have to study, and that's always going to have to come first. If we had funding and time and, if I could play water polo and only come to two courses a day, trust me, I would." (news.uct.ac.za, 09 Apr 2019)

FURTHER STUDIES
After completing a bachelor's degree in anatomy at the University of Cape Town in 2019, she completed a certificate in sports management and business principles at the same university, and in February 2021 said that she had started a wildlife management course at University of Pretoria. She has also completed a diploma in sports nutrition. (Facebook profile, 01 Feb 2021; LinkedIn profile, 28 Jan 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has coached water polo at high school and provincial level in South Africa, and also works as a part-time private high school tutor in maths, science and art. (LinkedIn profile, 28 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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