BADENHORST Nardus

Date of Birth: 26 Aug 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PRETORIA

Birth Country:

South Africa

Place of residence : PRETORIA

Residence Country:

South Africa

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Men RSA South Africa	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #01 RSA South Africa 2 ITA Italy 21	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #12 RSA South Africa 3 USA United States 20	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #15 HUN Hungary 23 RSA South Africa 1	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #23 RSA South Africa 5 GRE Greece 28	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group A #25 JPN Japan 24 RSA South Africa 9	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	Men	2019	Gwangju, KOR
12	Men	2015	Kazan, RUS
15	Men	2013	Barcelona, ESP
16	Men	2017	Budapest, HUN

Nardi (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Hunting, fishing. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Coach, Sports Administrator

Sports Science - University of Pretoria, South Africa

Partner Marissa Bester

Languages spoken:

Afrikaans, English

OJ Eagles [Johannesburg, RSA]

Vladimir Trninic [club], CRO; Paul Martin [national]

Sporting relatives:

His partner Marissa Bester was selected for the South African water polo team for the 2018 EU Nations tournament in Brno, Czech Republic. (swimsa.org, 19 Apr 2018)

2009 for South Africa Against Italy, World League in Podgorica, Montenegro (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

He underwent arthroscopic surgery to his hip after sustaining a torn labrum injury in 2019, which took one year to fully recover from. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

He took up the sport at age 13 while at high school. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

He was introduced to the sport by his older brother. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

He wants to work as the strength and conditioning head coach for an international water polo club or an international water polo federation after retiring from competitive water polo. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Finishing in 12th place at both the 2015 and 2019 world championships. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Croatian water polo coach Vladimir Trninic. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Coach Vladimir Trninic. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

He has to score his last shot during training before getting out of the pool. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Never stop learning. Always be open to listen to others, you will learn a lot." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
EDUCATION AND OCCUPATION
After graduating with a degree in sports science from the University of Pretoria in 2016, he took up a position as manager in charge of water polo at St Peter's College, a high school in Johannesburg, South Africa. He also works as a water polo coach at an aquatics centre in Johannesburg. (Facebook profile, 30 Mar 2020; Instagram profile, 23 Dec 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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