Natália Bernardo

Natália Bernardo
Personal information
Full name Natália María Bernardo dos Santos
Born (1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 38)
Luanda, Angola
Nationality Angolan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Primeiro de Agosto
Number 9
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Angola 114 (189)
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Salé
Gold medal – first place 2016 Luanda
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yaoundé
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dakar
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Team

Natália María Bernardo dos Santos[1] (born 25 December 1986) is an Angolan handball player for Primeiro de Agosto and the Angola women's national handball team.

She participated at the 2011 and 2013 World Women's Handball Championships in Brazil and Serbia, and the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.[2][3][4]

Natália was named the best player of the 2016 African Women's Handball Championship.

Personal life

Natália is a half-sister to fellow handball players Marcelina Kiala and Luísa Kiala.

Achievements

References

  1. ^ "Natalia Maria Bernardo dos SANTOS". IHF.
  2. ^ "XX Women's World Handball Championship 2011; Brazil – Team Roster Angola" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ "XXI Women's World Championship 2013. Team Roster, Angola" (PDF). IHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Natália Bernardo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for  Angola
2020 Tokyo
with
Matias Montinho 		Succeeded by


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