Natalie had an impressive win in the final, beginning with an ippon win, holding down reigning Junior European Champion Madeleine Malonga of France.  That set up a quarter-final with Sunibala Huidrom.  Natalie  made light work of the Indian athlete, throwing her for ippon.  The semi-final saw her pitted against Russia’s Anastasia Dmitrieva, who took silver in the Qingdao Grand Prix earlier in the month, along with a gold medal in the Almaty Grand Prix in September.   Natalie held her own in a tight contest and edging through to the final by a yuko.

Natalie who competed  in the -78kg faced the same opponent in the final as Gemma Gibbons beat to win her Olympic medal, former World Champion and Olympic bronze medallist Audrey Tcheumeo. However the French athlete proved too strong with Tcheumeo throwing Natalie for ippon inside a minute. That meant Natalie  had to settle for silver, equalling her best result achieved at the same event in 2012.