Background
Nathalie Weinzierl was born in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Nathalie Weinzierl was born in Saarbrücken, Germany.
She has placed as high as 7th at the European Championships and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She trained in alpine racing at South Carolina Frankenthal from 1999–2005. Weinzierl began training in figure skating in 2001 at Mannheim MERC, coached by Günter Zöller from 2002.
She began competing on the national senior level in the 2008-2009 season, placing 13th in her debut.
She changed coaches in August 2009, joining Karin Stephan. In the 2009-2010 season, Weinzierl debuted on the Junior Grand Prix series, placing 24th and 28th in her two events.
Toward the end of the season, she made her first appearance on the international senior level, finishing 5th at the 2010 Triglav Trophy. Peter Sczypa became her coach in August 2011.
In 2011-2012, Weinzierl was assigned to her first International Skating Union Championships, the 2012 European Championships.
After placing 9th in her second Europeans, she competed at the 2013 World Junior Championships, finishing 10th. Weinzierl was also assigned to her first senior World Championships and placed 19th. In the 2013-2014 season, Weinzierl took gold at the Merano Cup and bronze at the Cup of Nice before winning her first senior national title at the 2014 German Championships.
She competed at the Europeans, finishing 8th.
Weinzierl was selected to represent Germany at the Winter Olympics, held in February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Ranked 10th in the short program and 21st in the free skate, she finished 18th overall in the ladies" event.
In March, she placed 12th at the 2014 World Championships in Saitama, Japan.