Natalie Bale

Bale made her Australian representative debut in a coxless pair at the 2003 Junior World Rowing Championships in Athens when she rowed to a silver medal with Annika Naughton.^[5] In 2004 again racing with Naughton in a coxless pair, she rowed to a gold medal at the 2004 World Rowing U23 Championships in Banyoles, Spain.^[5]

In 2005 Bale was elevated to the Australian senior women's squad. She competed at the World Rowing Cup I in both a coxless pair and the eight and then at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan in the coxless pair with Sarah Tait where they won a silver medal.^[5] In 2007 she competed at the World Rowing Cup I in the coxless pair, at the WRC II in the coxless four and the eight and then at the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich in the women's eight who finished in fourth place.^[5]

In the 2008 Olympic lead-up she rowed in the two or four seat of the Australian women's eight at two World Rowing Cups in Europe. At Beijing 2008 she was again in the four seat of the women's eight. They placed sixth in Bale's last Australian representative appearance.^[5]

• Natalie Bale at World Rowing
• Natalie Bale at Olympics.com
• Natalie Bale at Olympic.org (archived)
• Natalie Bale at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Natalie Bale at Olympedia