[1] Born in Klagenfurt, Perchtold is a sprinter that is also capable of surviving short climbs and was the winner of the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 2016.

[2] Perchtold started competing in cycling in 1998 and in her early years rode for local club RC Grafenstein in her hometown of Klagenfurt.

At the age of 18 she joined the Austrian professional team Kuota Speed Kueens as a junior rider and immediately showed great talent and sprinting qualities in both national and international races.

In 2011 Perchtold received first international attention as a potential coming talent when she finished fifth in the junior road race at the UCI World Championships in Copenhagen.

After finally deciding to follow a professional career in cycling, Perchtold had her strongest year to date in 2016 where she finished third at a stage of the Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol, winning the Austrian National Road Race Championships and being selected for Austria's team at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships in Doha, where she finished 28th.