Arno Havenga (born 14 November 1974) is a Dutch male former

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player and current coach. He was a member of the

Netherlands men's national water polo team The Netherlands national water polo team represents the Netherlands in men's international water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team won bronze medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. Results Olympic Games ...

. He competed with the team at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. He was also part of the national team at the

2001 Men's European Water Polo Championship The 2001 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 25th edition of the bi-annual event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in Budapest, Hungary from June 15 to June ...

and

2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship The 2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship was the 26th edition of the event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre in Kranj, Slovenia from June 6 ...

. After his career he became water polo coach of the Netherlands women's national water polo team. First as an assistant to head coach Robin van Galen who coached the team to Olympic gold in 2008. After Havenga took over as head coach, the team won silver at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

and two silver medals at the European championships of

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and

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. However, at the Qualification tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics in own country, the team was not able to qualify for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He was the head coach of the Dutch women's team at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

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, where the team finished in sixth place.

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* 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Rotterdam Dutch male water polo players Olympic water polo players for the Netherlands Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Dutch water polo coaches Netherlands women's national water polo team coaches Water polo coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-waterpolo-bio-stub