Natalie's Profile

Age: 19
Home Town: Edinburgh
Years Climbing: 11
Favourite Climbing Wall: EICA: Ratho
Competition Results:

• World Youth Championships China 05 (5th Place)
• World Youth Championships Austria 06 (4th Place)
• EYS Veliko Tarnova 06 (5th Place)
• EYS Annecy 06 (3rd Place)
• EYS Kranj 06 (2nd Place)
• EYS Warsaw 07 (2nd Place)
• EYS Kranj 07 (1st Place)
• EYS Edinburgh 09 (4th Place)
• 3rd Overall EYS 2006 and 2007
• 1st British Youth Open 2010 EICA Ratho
• 1st Scottish Youth Climbing Championships 2010
• Scottish Universities Champion 2011
• 2nd Place British Universities 2011
• 8 Times British Champion (Including BRYCS, BLCCs and BBCs

After discovering climbing completely by chance aged 8 after trying it out at a shopping centre, I quickly became an addict! From being a member of the kids' club "RockRatz" at Glasgow Climbing Centre to competing in the British Regional Youth Climbing Series Final within 4 months of starting, I was already determined to become a member of the British Junior Climbing Team and to represent my country at an international level.

In 2003 my dream came true as I was selected as a member of the GB Team aged 11. Two years later I competed in my first European Youth Cup in Imst, Austria and placed 4th, giving me a taste for the international circuit. In the same year I placed 5th in the World Youth Championships in Beijing, which provided me with confidence and an incentive to train harder - as a result I achieved podium places and enjoyed many successful years of competing at junior level internationally, the highlight being a 1st Place in EYS Kranj in 2007.

Now that I am competing at Senior level and a member of the GB Senior Team, I aim to compete in some senior internationals this year as well as achieving higher grades outdoors. This spring I climbed my first 8a as well as onsighting several 7c's and hope to continue this upward progression over the years to come. I also wish to continue my coaching work and that my experience of 11 years of climbing and competing can be used to help and inspire others to achieve their goals.