About Natalie Eilers
Residence: Calgary
Twitter: @NatalieEilers_
Instagram: natalieceilers
Background:
Natalie Eilers leaped into the sport of ski jumping in 2011 and flew through the development pathway: starting on the smallest hill of 18 metres before progressing to the 90 metres I just over one year, Natalie then took on the large 120 metre hill less than two years into the sport – a quick development curve that rarely happens. This comes as no surprise to the Eilers family. After all, the adrenaline rush and determination to succeed in anything she did as a child was very common for Natalie. Her first sporting dreams were on ice, not snow, as a figure skater. That changed after attending a Talent ID camp for ski jumping. Her Olympic dream stayed alive, but in the air.
Natalie has many highlights in her career. Earning her first World Cup points that secured her a spot on the National Team and solidified her as a contender to qualify for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, ranks at the top of her list. She also thinks back regularly to a silver-medal win at the 2015 Canadian Championships where she was 16 years old and landed on her first podium after beating a former Olympian.
Excellence in the Classroom:
A graduate at the National Sport School in 2016, Natalie is currently pursuing her post-secondary goals. She is in her third year of her Bachelor of Commerce program, majoring in Finance. She has always been a math and numbers girl. While training and competing, she is also studying and working remotely part-time in the trading division at Gibson Energy. The oil and gas company has allowed Natalie to continue her flight path of having a corporate career after her ski jumping career has landed by balancing work with her Olympic dream. Her goals are to work as an oil trader after sport and climb her way up to the executive level.
Outside Interests:
She enjoys ice skating, alpine skiing, and cherishes time with family and friends. Reading, poetry and music are also central to Natalie’s life.
Odds and Ends:
She enjoys collecting photographs and art from her international travels. Favourite motto: “We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there, too.” – Kristin Martz
| Career Highlights: | |
|---|---|
| 2023 | World Cup, Oslo, NOR: 28 (large hill) |
| 2023 | World Championships, Planica, SLO: 6 (normal hill), 39 (normal hill) |
| 2023 | World Cup, Willingen, GER: 30 (large hill), 34 (large hill) |
| 2023 | World Cup, Sapporo, JPN, 34 (large hill) |
| 2022 | Continental Cup, Lake Placid, USA: 2 (normal hill), 2 (normal hill), 2 (normal hill) |
| 2022 | FIS Cup, Szczyrk, POL: 7 (normal hill), 11 (normal hill) |
| 2022 | Grand Prix, Courchevel, FRA: 16 (large hill) |
| 2022 | Continental Cup, Lake Placid, USA: 5 (normal hill), 9 (normal hill) |
| 2022 | Continental Cup, Whistler, CAN: 7 (normal hill), 10 (normal hill) |
| 2022 | Continental Cup, Park City, USA: 2 (normal hill), 11 (normal hill) |
| 2022 | World Cup, Oslo, NOR: 29 (large hill), 34 (large hill), 8 (mixed team) |
| 2022 | World Cup, Hinzenbach, AUT: 7 (team) |
| 2021 | Grand Prix, Wisla, POL: 34 (large hill), 34 (large hill) |
| 2021 | World Championships, Oberstdorf, GER: 11 (team), 39 (normal hill) |
| 2019 | World Championships, Seefeld, AUT: 39 (normal hill) |
| 2019 | World Cup, Rasnov, ROU: 27 (normal hill), 31 (normal hill) |
| 2018 | Junior World Ski Championships, Kandersteg, SUI: 8 (team), 23 (normal hill) |
| 2018 | World Cup, Sapporo, JPN: 28 (normal hill) |
| 2017 | World Cup, PyeongChang, KOR: 29 (normal hill), 28 (normal hill) |
