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

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Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

r who has competed since 1987. She won two bronze medals at the FIL World Luge Championships (Women's singles:

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, Mixed team:

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). Competing in five Winter Olympics, Yakuchenko earned her best finish of eighth in the women's singles event both in

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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