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Natalie LUBASCHER
Sport Artistic Swimming
NOC Chile   
GenderWomen
Born14 Sep 1989
Height1.64 m
 Human Interest 
Further Personal Information
Residence
Santiago, CHI
Higher education
Agricultural Studies - Pontifical Catholic University of Chile: Santiago, CHI
Sport Specific Information
Why this sport?
She followed her older sister into the sport at the Stadio Italiano club in Santiago, Chile. "It was the time when I did everything she did. She then left the sport but I stayed."
When and where did you begin this sport?
She took up the sport at age six in Santiago, Chile.
Further Personal Information
Languages
English, German, Spanish
General Interest
Nicknames
Nata (economiaynegocios.cl, 18 Dec 2018)
Other information
RETIREMENT
In March 2019 she left her regular job to focus on competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. However, following the postponement of the Games until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she announced her retirement from international artistic swimming in September 2020. "??It is the hardest decision I have ever made. No one is to blame, but the current circumstances are extreme and unsustainable. Eighteen months after quitting my job to represent Chile at the expense of my savings, there is no other choice." (eldeportero.cl, 11 Sep 2020; Instagram profile, 09 Sep 2020)

OCCUPATION
She has worked as an oenologist and export manager at the Vina San Pedro de Tarapaca wine group in Chile. (sabrosia.pr, 18 Jun 2018; biobiochile.cl, 13 Mar 2017)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (chile.as.com, 01 Aug 2019)

 Competition Highlights
World Championships
Rank Year Venue Event Result
Preliminary Round 2019 Gwangju, KOR Duet Technical Routine 73.362
Preliminary Round 2019 Gwangju, KOR Duet Free Routine 74.333
Preliminary round 2015 Kazan, RUS Duet Technical Routine 72.298
Preliminary round 2015 Kazan, RUS Duet Free Routine 74.200