PENTATHLON IRELAND – HIGH PERFORMANCE ATHLETE PROFILE
NAME: Natalya Coyle
DATE OF BIRTH: 11/12/1990
HOMETOWN: Tara, Meath
OCCUPATION: Full time athlete, Part time student
COACHES: Lindsey Weedon / Marek Makay / Dave Malone / John Ledingham
TRAINING LOCATIONS: NAC, Morton Stadium, IIS @ Abbotstown
Years in Pentathlon: 4 years
Sporting Background: Hockey, Pony Club Tetrathlon
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
- Qualified for London 2012 Olympic Games
- 10th World Cup 4, Russia, 2012
- 20th World Cup Final 2011 – London Test Event
- 14th Junior European Championships, 2011
- 5th Mixed Relay World Cup 3 Italy 2011
.PERSONAL BEST COMPETITION STATISTICS
Fencing 936 points World Cup 4 Russia, 2012
Swimming 2:19.33 (1128 points) World Cup 1 USA, 2012
Riding Clear Round (1200 points)
Hungarian Indoor 2012
Run / Shoot 11:35.46 (2220 points)
World Cup 1 USA, 2012
Fastest shoot series 5 from 5 on all three shoot series
Total shoot time 34 seconds
HOW/WHEN YOU STARTED MP: I started through pony club Tetrathlon on the Meath team, competing in the International Competitions made me more competitive and I cautiously took up fencing after the encouragement of the Bailey family. That was 5 years ago now and I love it more and more each year.
SPORTING HEROS: Irish Athletes like Derval O’Rourke and Katie Taylor who show that even as a smaller country we can still compete and medal in world class competitions.
TWITTER: twitter.com/Natalyacoyle
