Natalia Yakushenko ( uk, Наталія Якушенко, born March 2, 1972) is a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

- Ukrainian luger who has competed since 1987. She won two bronze medals at the

FIL World Luge Championships The FIL World Luge Championships, part of the International Luge Federation (FIL) have taken place on an almost annual basis in non-Winter Olympics years since 1955. These championships are shown for artificial tracks. See FIL World Luge Natural ...

(Women's singles: 2009, Mixed team:

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). Competing in five

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, Yakuchenko earned her best finish of eighth in the women's singles event both in 1992 and

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References

1992 luge women's singles resultsFIL-Luge profileHickok sports information on World champions in luge and skeleton.

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* * * 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 {{USSR-sport-bio-stub