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Natalie Berry

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.