Nathan Hannam - Auckland High Performance  Athlete

 
 

 

  

 

 

 

 
 Player Profile 
 
 

Full Name:

Nathan Hannam

Age:

22

Born:

5th Nov 1986
Iwi:

Ngati Kahungunu

National

Ranking:

Mens Doubles NZ No. 1

 

Highest World

Ranking

Achieved

in 2008:

Mens Doubles - 79

 

Regional:

Auckland

Occupation:

Student

NZ Coach:

TJ Weistra and Thana Arikrishnan

 

Additional

Coaches and Mentors:

Svend Sorensen - former NZ Reserve Squad Coach

Sponsorship: We have some sponsorship packages and partnerships available that we can  offer you and can work with you to help profile your organisation.  Nathan has a long history of helping children get into sport and is one of the hardest working players on national and regional roadshows going into schools all over the region and country.  He excels in relating to young players of all ages and abilities from all backgrounds.  He has appeared on Maori TV.  He also represents NZ and Auckland locally and internationally as he works hard to improve his world doubles ranking.  This can present some great profile opportunities to a sponsor especially to the youth market in NZ.   All this at a fraction of the cost of many other sports.   For more details on sponsorship packages regarding Nathan and our teams in general call Cliff Freeman at Auckland Badminton on 021-155-7227..

Background:  Nathan is definitely a team player and has potential as a leader.  He is exceptionally proud and motivated in representing either Gisborne - his home town, Auckland, or NZ and always lifts his performances in any team situation.  Sited early as a player of talent he moved to Auckland and put his career ambitions on hold to pursue badminton  and focus on developing his potential in this sport.   Selected by Badminton NZ in 2005 for a World Badminton Federation Olympic training camp in Sofia Bulgaria he has represented and captained NZ successfully at U23 level and is now in the NZ National Squad.  Despite being a new pairing he and doubles partner Henry Tam have a world ranking of 79

(Nathan pictured with the NZ Thomas Cup Team in Jakarta Indonesia)

Performance Goals

-  Success at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Representing NZ

-  Represent NZ at the 2012 Olympic Games in London

-  Make the NZ Thomas Cup Team and Perform Well

-  Represent NZ in Successful Whyte Trophy Tests Against Australia

 

Career Path:

 

2008

- Winner the Senior Inter Provincial National Teams Title (Wisden Cup) with the Auckland Division 1 Team

- Member of the NZ Team that qualified and played in the Thomas Cup Finals in Jakarkat, Indonesia

 

2007

- Assisted at the IBF World Coaching Conference at the World Junior 

  Championships held in NZ as a Demonstration Player

- Winner Whyte Trophy Test Series Over Australia 3-0 with the NZ Team

- Winner of the National Senior Inter Provincial Teams Championship Title - the

  Wisden Cup - as a Member of the Auckland Senior Division 1 Team.

- Member of the NZ National Squad and Team

- Reserve for the NZ Team for the Sudirman Cup International Teams Event

 

2006

- Member of the NZ National Squad and National Team

- Member of the Auckland Wisden Cup Senior 1st Division Team

 

2005

- Winning Captain of the NZ U23 Team that defeated Australia

- Member of the Auckland Wisden Cup Team  - the Senior Division 1 Side

- Member of the NZ National Reserve Squad

- Selected for the IBF (Now WBF)  International Badminton Federation Olympic  

  Training Camp in Sofia Bulgaria where he was captain of his squad.

 

2004

- Member of the NZ National Reserve Squad

- Reserve for the NZ team at the Junior Commonwealth Games

- Member of the Auckland Slazenger Cup Team  the Senior Division 2 side

- Finalist is the Eastland Junior Sportsman of the Year Awards

 

2003

- Member of the NZ Incentive Squad

 

2002

- Winner of the Mends Doubles Title at the Australasian 17s June Bevan 

  Championships

- Semifinalist in the Mixed Doubles at the Australasian 17s June Bevan

  Championships

- Semifinalist in the Mens Singles at the Australasian 17s June Bevan

  Championships

- Captain of the Central Region NZ Team at the Australasian 17s June Bevan Teams

  Event where they finished 4th.

- Member of the NZ Development Squad

 

2001

- Member of the NZ Development Squad