Nathalie Etzensperger-Nanzer, née Nanzer (born 6 August 1968), is a female

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ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

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. Etzensperger was born in Gamsen, where she grew up. She started top-class sports at the age of 24 years, and is married with three children.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

* 2006: ** 2nd,

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relay race (together with

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) ** 7th, World Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

* 2007: ** 3rd, European Championship team race (together with Catherine Mabillard) ** 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Gabrielle Magnenat and Catherine Mabillard) ** 3rd, European Championship combination ranking ** 5th, European Championship single race ** 5th, European Championship vertical race * 2008: ** 1st,

relay race (together with Gabrielle Magnenat,

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and Séverine Pont-Combe) ** 2nd, World Championship team race (together with Séverine Pont-Combe) ** 3rd, World Championship vertical race ** 3rd, World Championship long distance ** 3rd, World Championship combination ranking ** 4th, World Championship single race * 2009: ** 2nd, European Championship team race (together with Gabrielle Magnenat) ** 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Gabrielle Magnenat and Séverine Pont-Combe) ** 3rd, European Championship combination ranking ** 4th, European Championship single race ** 5th, European Championship vertical race ** 1st,

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, together with Séverine Pont-Combe * 2010: ** 2nd,

relay race (together with Marie Troillet and Gabrielle Magnenat) ** 2nd, World Championship team race (together with Marie Troillet) ** 3rd, World Championship combination rankingISMF World championship combined ranking - women
, ISMF. ** 4th, World Championship single race ** 7th, World Championship vertical race * 2011: ** 1st,

team race (together with Marie Troillet) ** 1st, World Championship relay race (together with Gabrielle Gachet, née Magnenat, and

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) ** 1st, World Championship vertical, total ranking ** 2nd, World Championship sprint ** 3rd, World Championship single race ** 4th, World Championship vertical race * 2012: ** 2nd, Patrouille de la Maya, together with Marie Troillet and Gabrielle Gachet, née Magnenat

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2004: 5th, together with

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* 2008: 1st and course record, together with Gabrielle Magnenat and Séverine Pont-Combe * 2010: 1st and course record, together with

Émilie Gex-Fabry Émilie Gex-Fabry (born 21 May 1986) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Gex-Fabry was born in Vevey. She started ski mountaineering in 1991, and competed first in the 2000 Trophée des Gastlosen event. She has been member of the Swiss team since 2003, ...

and Marie Troillet

Pierra Menta

* 2008: 1st,together with

Laëtitia Roux Laëtitia Roux (born 21 June 1985) is a French ski mountaineer. Roux was born in Savines-le-Lac and started ski-mountaineering at the age of nine. In autumn of 2005, she joined the PACA section of the Fédération française de la montagne et ...

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2011: 2nd, together with Laëtitia Roux and

Mireia Miró Varela Mireia Miró Varela (born 31 July 1988) is a Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. Miró was born in Barcelona. She started ski mountaineering in 2005 and competed first in the Cronoescalada race in Cerler in 2006. In the same year ...

Running

* 2001: ** 1st, Jeizibärg-Lauf,

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* 2004: ** 1st, Zermatt marathon ** 1st (women I), Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel ** 3rd (F30),

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run * 2005: ** 1st and course record, Aletsch half marathon ** 1st (women I), Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel ** 1st, Jeizibärg-Lauf & Dérupe Trophy * 2006: ** 1st, Aletsch half marathon ** 2nd (women II), Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel
Etzensperger also competed in the 2006 European Mountain Running Championship. * 2007: ** 2nd, Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel * 2008: ** 1st (women 1) Jeizibärg-Lauf / Valais Mountain Running Championship, Gampel ** 1st (women 1), Dérupe Vercorin ** 2nd (F40), Matterhorn run * 2009: ** 1st (F40), Matterhorn run * 2010: ** 3rd (F40), Matterhorn runInt Matterhornlauf Zermatt 2010
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External links

Nathalie Etzensperger
at ''skimountaineering.org''

References

1968 births Living people Swiss female ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Swiss female long-distance runners Swiss female mountain runners People from Brig District Sportspeople from Valais {{switzerland-sport-bio-stub