Natalia Yakushenko

Natalia Yakushenko ( born March 2, 1972 in Kiev) is a Ukrainian luger.

Natalia Yakushenko toboggan since 1982. Since 1987 they initially belonged to the Soviet, to the disintegration of the USSR, the Ukrainian National squad. They first met in 1992 at the Olympics and finished second in Albertville as it was two years later in Lillehammer eighth. In 1998, she was in Nagano Eleventh. Then made ​​a longer break. In 2006, she started in Turin for the fourth time at the Olympics, but fell in the second round.

2004/ 05 had Yakushenko a good year, finished in sixth place overall World Cup and won the overall title of the Challenge Cup. On their training track in Sigulda she was also third parties. The result reached in the race in Oberhof in the following season, in Igls was it before even second behind Silke Kraushaar. A very good season went Yakushenko 2006/07. In Winterberg the Ukrainian parties in Sigulda was second. In the overall World Cup they finished fifth in the overall standings of the Luge Challenge Cup 2006/ 07 the second place.

In the Luge World Cup in 1990, she won the bronze medal with the Soviet team. In 2005 she was in Park City Fifth, Sixth, 2007 in Igls. The 2006 European Championship in Winterberg ended Yakushenko in fourth behind German starters.

The 2008/09 season was the most successful season of their career. In the overall World Cup she is currently in 4th place in the Challenge Cup they reached the 5th place in the overall standings. In the FIL World Luge Championships 2009 in Lake Placid she won the bronze medal in women's singles.