Talk:Natalia Gemperle

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Took a 5th place at the World Championships Middle in France in 2011 as a first year senior on a very technical course. Due to a health problem (she was overtrained) she truggled to get up to this level again the next years, but was back in the top for the 2015 season where she finished just outside the medals at the WOC long distance in Inverness, Scotland with another 5th place. 2016 was her real breakthrough season with many strong races throughout the season - the highlight being a silver medal in the long distance, a bronze medal in the middle distance, and a gold medal with the Russian relay team at the World Championships in Strömstad, Sweden.

In 2016 married the well known photograph and experienced orienteering coach Rolf Gemperle (former national team coach for Austria and Switzerland) in 2016. Rolf Gemperle has been important for the step up to top level for Natalia: "He is a man who knows all about our elite sport! Our discussions about orienteering have solved my tactical and mental problems. He helped me to take sport to a professional level". Natalia's maiden name is Vinogradova.

Also she is working with Anatolii Naumov (track and feeld coach), Leonid Vorona (weightlifting coach, founder of "Lifthealth club") and in the past she was working for a long time with the most successful Russian orienteering coach Vyacheslav Kostylev.

She participated in The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland winning a silver at the middle distance race and a bronze medal in the mixed relay.