Natalie von Bertouch

Natalie von Bertouch

Personal information
Born	16 December 1982 (1982-12-16) (age 28) Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Occupation	Student
Relatives	Laura von Bertouch (sister)
Netball career
Positions	C, WA, WD
Medal record Competitor for  Australia Netball World Championships Gold 2007 Auckland Netball Commonwealth Games Silver 2006 Melbourne Netball Silver 2010 Delhi Netball World Netball Series Bronze 2009 Manchester Fastnet
Updated on 20 October 2010.

Natalie von Bertouch (born 16 December 1982 in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian netball player. Von Bertouch is a member of the Australian national netball team, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. Von Bertouch is a centre court player: she plays centre for Australia, and plays centre, wing attack or wing defence for the Adelaide Thunderbirds.

Netball career

Von Bertouch made her international debut for Australia in 2004. In November 2007, von Bertouch played an important role in Australia's World Championship victory. Over the past two years she has won numerous awards as player of the match in international fixtures, and is rated by many fans as the best centre in the world. At 25 years of age, von Bertouch was touted as future leadership material for the Australian team. On 1 July 2008, she was named the new vice-captain of the Australian netball team alongside new captain Sharelle McMahon.

In 2010 as Co-Captain on the Adelaide Thunderbirds along with Mo'onia Gerrard Von Bertouch lead her side to an ANZ Championship tital with victory over the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. On 9 August 2010, von Bertouch played her 50th international for the Diamonds against Jamaica as acting captain, since Sharelle McMahon wasn't able to play due to injury. Later that year Von Bertouch won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In early 2011 Von Bertouch replaced long standing Australian captain Sharelle McMahon after McMahon suffered a rupture of the achilles tendon, Von Bertouch went on to lead the Australian team to gold medal at the 2011 World Netball Championships with a one goal victory over New Zealand, 58-57 in extra time.

Awards

• Player of the Match, deciding game of the Trans-Tasman series 2006
• Player of the Series - Holden test series, July 2007
• Margaret Pewtress Team of the Year 2005, 2006, 2007 (Centre position)
• South Australia awards: Tanya Denver Medal and Advertiser Player of the Year 2005
• ANZ Championship Player of the year 2009 (21 votes and countback)
• Liz Ellis Diamond Award 2010

Family

Natalie von Bertouch has an older sister, Laura von Bertouch, who formerly played with the Adelaide Thunderbirds and has been a member of the Australian national team. Natalie credits her sister Laura and her father Terry von Bertouch, a former Australian rules football player in the SANFL, as the most influential people in her netball career.

References

• 2008 Adelaide Thunderbirds profile. Retrieved on 2009-03-29.
• 2008 Netball Australia profile. Retrieved on 2009-03-29.

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Name	Von Bertouch, Natalie
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Date of birth	16 December 1982
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
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