Nataliya Rusnachenko
Austria Austria
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As of July 1, 2009
Natasha Rusnachenko ( born May 13, 1969 in Tiraspol, Soviet Union) is a native of the Soviet Union handball goalkeeper who has Austrian citizenship.
Natasha Rusnachenko grew up in the USSR (now Moldova) in poor conditions. In her youth she played at a village club, but was not very successful and usually sat on the bench. In a U16 tournament in Moscow violated the first goalkeeper, so they came into use. In this match they played so outstanding that some scouts were aware of them. After this tournament, her career developed rapidly. Finally she came to the national team of the USSR and won, among other things two times the World Cup.
In the early 1990s she changed citizenship and moved with her family to Bad Vöslau. She then played in the Austrian clubs Hypo Lower Austria, Wiener Neustadt and McDonald's WAT Five house. In 2008 Natasha Rusnachenko ended her career.
Today Natasha Rusnachenko has worked as an educator in the sports boarding school in the southern city. Occasionally she also plays in the Handball League Austria for Hypo Niederösterreich Austria. Last came Rusnachenko on 23 May 2009 at the WHA Championship final between Hypo and Hypo 2 for a few minutes to use.