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Natália Bernardo
Personal information
Full nameNatália María Bernardo dos Santos
NationalityAngolan
Born (1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 39)
Luanda, Angola
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportHandball
PositionCentre back
Current clubPrimeiro de Agosto
Number9
Senior clubs
YearsTeam
–Desportivo Maculusso
–Atlético Petróleos de Luanda
–Primeiro de Agosto
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Angola 300 (248)
Medal record
African Championship
Gold medal – first place2012 Salé
Gold medal – first place2016 Luanda
Gold medal – first place2021 Yaoundé
Gold medal – first place2022 Dakar
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place2011 MaputoTeam
Updated on 10 November 2025

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

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

Achievements

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References

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  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.
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