KOENDERS Joanne

Date of Birth: 28 Feb 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Women NED Netherlands	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #08 AUS Australia 15 NED Netherlands 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group A #10 NED Netherlands 14 ESP Spain 13	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 #19 NED Netherlands 16 CAN Canada 12	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Quarterfinal #23 NED Netherlands 11 HUN Hungary 14	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 5th-8th #25 CHN China 6 NED Netherlands 13	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Women's Classification 5th-6th #30 NED Netherlands 7 AUS Australia 14	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Women	2020	Budapest, HUN

World Junior Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2017	Volos, GRE

Occupation:

Athlete, Fitness Instructor

Central Institute Training Sports Leaders [CIOS], Netherlands

Languages spoken:

Polar Bears [Ede, NED] since 2016

Arno Havenga [national], NED; Evangelos Doudesis [club], NED

Position style:

Goalkeeper (microplustiming.com, 31 Mar 2019)

Right (microplustiming.com, 11 Jan 2020)

In mid-2020 she had hip surgery for an injury that she had been troubled by for four years. She had to learn to walk again and five months later she was selected in the Netherlands national team. (gelderlander.nl, 13 Jan 2021; Sport in Arnhem Facebook page, 03 Feb 2021)

In 2016 she suffered a groin injury, recovering in time to compete at the 2016 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. (Knapman Facebook page, 21 Sep 2016)

In 2013 she suffered injuries that temporarily led to her quitting the sport. (gelderlander.nl, 05 Aug 2019)

National league:

Eredivisie [NED] (total-waterpolo.com, 01 Oct 2020)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sporttop.nl, 04 Oct 2018)

Philosophy:

"There is so much more than water polo." (sporttop.nl, 04 Oct 2018)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She works as a swimming instructor at leisure centre Sportbedrijf Arnhem in Arnhem, Netherlands. (Facebook profile, 07 Feb 2021; talentempowerment.nl, 25 Jan 2020; Sport in Arnhem Facebook page, 03 Feb 2021)

NIGHTCLUB ACCIDENT
She was among several Dutch water polo athletes who were present when a nightclub balcony collapsed in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, during the 2019 World Championships. "That was a great experience [competing at the championships]. If you had told me this a year ago, I would have jumped in the air. But now I don't really know how I feel, because everything went very quickly." (gelderlander.nl, 05 Aug 2019)

QUITTING THE SPORT
In 2013 she quit water polo due to the mental toll of injures and when she returned she had to pause her water polo career due to a compulsory internship abroad. "I have had many setbacks and had to put a lot aside for my water polo career. But how great is it that I have done everything I can for my dream and that it may also come true. That makes you so much more beautiful as a person." (gelderlander.nl, 05 Aug 2019)

Social Media

Legend

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

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