Occupation Dietician Spouse Jace Bode | Name Natalie Bode Height 1.75 m | |
Full name Natalie Bode (nee von Bertouch) Born 16 December 1982 (age 41)
Adelaide, Australia ( 1982-12-16 ) Relatives Laura von Bertouch (sister) Similar People Mo'onia Gerrard, Sharelle McMahon, Erin Bell, Natalie Medhurst, Sharni Layton | ||
Natalie Bode (née von Bertouch on 16 December 1982) is a former Australian netball player, and captain from 2010 to 2013. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Bode was a member of the Australian national netball team, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. Bode is a centre court player: she plays predominantly in the centre position.
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Netball career
Bode made her international debut for Australia in 2004. In November 2007, Bode played an important role in Australia's World Championship victory. Over the past two years she won numerous awards as player of the match in international fixtures, and was rated by many fans as the best centre in the world. At 25 years of age, Bode was touted as future leadership material for the Australian team. On 1 July 2008, she was named the new vice-captain of the Australian netball team alongside captain Sharelle McMahon.
In 2010 as Co-Captain on the Adelaide Thunderbirds along with Mo'onia Gerrard Bode lead her side to an ANZ Championship title with victory over the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. On 9 August 2010, Bode played her 50th international for the Diamonds against Jamaica as acting captain, with Sharelle McMahon unable to play due to injury. Later that year Bode won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In early 2011 Bode replaced long standing Australian captain Sharelle McMahon after McMahon suffered a rupture of the Achilles tendon, Bode went on to lead the Australian team to a gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Championships with a one-goal victory over New Zealand, 58–57 in extra time.
In 2013, she once again lead the Adelaide Thunderbirds to an ANZ Championship title, and then retired from domestic and international netball, as the only ANZ Championship captain with two premierships.
Awards
She was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2012 edition.
Family
Natalie Bode has an older sister, Laura von Bertouch, who formerly played with the Adelaide Thunderbirds and has been a member of the Australian national team. Natalie credits her sister Laura and her father Terry von Bertouch, a former Australian rules football player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as the most influential people in her netball career.
Bode is married to Australian rules footballer Jace Bode. They have one child, a daughter, Maddison (Maddie) Anne Bode born on 3 January 2016.