Natalia Yakushenko
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's luge | ||
Representing  Soviet Union | ||
| World Championships | ||
 | 1990 Calgary | Mixed team |
Representing  Ukraine | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 2009 Lake Placid | Women's singles |
Natalia Yakushenko (Ukrainian: Наталія Якушенко, born March 2, 1972) is a Soviet-Ukrainian luger who has competed since 1987. She won two bronze medals at the FIL World Luge Championships (Women's singles: 2009, Mixed team: 1990).
Competing in five Winter Olympics, Yakuchenko earned her best finish of eighth in the women's singles event both in 1992 and 1994.
Luge World Cup
[edit]Podiums
[edit]| Season | Stage | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 |  Igls | 3 |
| Igls | 3 | |
| 2004–05 |  Sigulda | 3 |
| 2005–06 | Igls | 2 |
 Oberhof | 3 | |
| 2006–07 | Winterberg | 3 |
| Sigulda | 2 | |
| 2008–09 | Sigulda | 2 |
References
[edit]- 1992 luge women's singles results
- 1994 luge women's singles results
- 1998 luge women's singles results
- 2006 luge women's singles results
- FIL-Luge profile
- Hickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.[link removed]
External links
[edit]- Nataliia Yakushenko at the International Luge Federation
- Nataliya Yakushenko at Olympedia
- Natalia Yakushenko at Olympics.com
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Categories:
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Ukrainian female lugers
- Soviet female lugers
- Olympic lugers for Ukraine
- Olympic lugers for the Unified Team
- Lugers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Lugers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Sportspeople from Kyiv
- Luge biography stubs
- Ukrainian winter sports biography stubs
- Soviet sportspeople stubs