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2017
December 31

Future

  • Podium finishes in the Porsche Club Championship
  • 24-hour endurance racing
  • Anything is possible!
2016
December 31

2016

  • Co-founded the charity Spinal Track
  • Became an Ambassador for Susie Wolff’s initiative Dare To Be Different
  • Finishing 8th from 18th in a shortened 15-minute race at a wet Brands Hatch in the opening round of The Porsche Club Championship
  • Finished 10th overall and 2nd in class in the Race of Remembrance 1000km endurance race at Anglesey Circuit
  • Spoke at the FIA Women in Motorsport International Conference in Portugal (Invited by Michelle Mouton)
2015
December 31

2015

  • The first female with a spinal injury to be granted a race licence in the UK. Had to complete four sprint events to show she was safely able to drive a hand-controlled car in a competitive environment. Also had to prove she could exit the car unaided in 7 seconds
  • Finished first in class in her first-ever sprint at North Weald
  • Finished 14th out of 22 entrants in her opening race at Brands Hatch
  • Competed in her début endurance race, the Race of Remembrance 1000km at Anglesey, where she formed an all spinal injured race team (the first of its kind in the UK)
  • Won the Tetraplegic of the Year award from the Regain Sports Charity
2013
December 31

2008 – 2013

  • Played wheelchair rugby for GB
  • Competed for club and country at many national and international tournaments
  • Won best in class whilst playing for GB at Maximus Tournament in Rio 2008
1999
December 31

1999

  • Aged 16, Nathalie was a passenger in a car that crashed into a tree. Her neck was broken at level C6/7, leaving her completely paralysed from the chest down