Marina Yakusheva

Marina Yakusheva
Personal information
Country	Russia
Born	(1974-06-19) 19 June 1974 (age 50) Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Medal record Women's Badminton Representing  Russia European Championships 1996 Herning Women's singles 2000 Glasgow Women's doubles Representing  Soviet Union European Junior Championships 1991 Budapest Mixed team
BWF profile

Marina Alexandrovna Yakusheva (Russian: Марина Александровна Якушева; born 19 June 1974 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a badminton player from Russia. She was the 1996 European runner-up.

Yakusheva competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Nikolai Zuyev. They were defeated by Anggun Nugroho and Eny Widiowati of Indonesia in the round of 32. In her home country of Russia she won 13 national titles.

Achievements

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Herning Badminton Klub, Herning, Denmark	Camilla Martin	0–11, 3–11	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Irina Ruslyakova	Joanne Goode Donna Kellogg	13–15, 13–15	Bronze

IBF World Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Russian Open	Marina Andrievskaya	1–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1994	Russian Open	Xu Li	5–11, 7–11	Runner-up
1995	French Open	Elena Rybkina	4–11, 1–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Swiss Open	Marina Andrievskaya	Gillian Clark Joanne Wright	8–15, 7–15	Runner-up
1993	Finnish Open	Marina Andrievskaya	Camilla Martin Marlene Thomsen	1–15, 3–15	Runner-up
1993	Russian Open	Marina Andrievskaya	Cha Yoon-sook Yoo Eun-young	13–15, 15–13, 15–1	Winner
1994	Russian Open	Svetlana Alferova	Viktoria Evtushenko Elena Nozdran	15–1, 15–7	Winner
1995	French Open	Elena Rybkina	Margit Borg Maria Bengtsson	10–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1995	Russian Open	Elena Rybkina	Chen Ying Peng Xingyong	4–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2006	U.S. Open	Ella Karachkova	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1993	Russian Open	Sergey Melnikov	Nikolai Zuyev Marina Andrievskaya	14–17, 7–15	Runner-up
1995	Thailand Open	Nikolai Zuyev	Park Joo-bong Ra Kyung-min	1–15, 4–15	Runner-up

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Portugal International	Astrid van der Knaap	5–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1991	Czechoslovakian International	Irina Serova	5–11, 0–11	Runner-up
1992	Polish International	Natalja Ivanova	11–8, 12–10	Winner
1992	Russian International	Marina Andrievskaya	3–11, 11–3, 11–6	Winner
1994	Portugal International	Irina Serova	12–11, 11–7	Winner
1994	Wimbledon International	Irina Yakusheva	11–3, 2–11, 11–2	Winner
1995	Wimbledon International	Elena Rybkina	11–5, 12–11	Winner
1999	Welsh International	Ella Karachkova	11–3, 11–7	Winner
2000	Austrian International	Rebecca Pantaney	7–11, 11–1, 11–9	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Portugal International	Elena Denisova	Tracy Dineen Felicity Gallup	7–15, 15–9, 15–10	Winner
1992	Polish International	Marina Andrievskaya	Rikke Broen Anne Søndergaard	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1992	Russian International	Marina Andrievskaya	Natalja Ivanova Julia Martynenko	17–14, 15–9	Winner
1992	Irish International	Marina Andrievskaya	Anne Søndergaard Lotte Thomsen	15–7, 15–4	Winner
1993	Portugal International	Marina Andrievskaya	Chung Hoi Yuk Wong Chun Fan	6–15, 15–6, 15–7	Winner
1994	Wimbledon International	Irina Yakusheva	Nichola Beck Tracy Dineen	15–9, 11–15, 15–10	Winner
1995	Welsh International	Elena Rybkina	Gail Emms Lotte Jonathans	15–8, 15–4	Winner
1996	Amor International	Elena Sukhareva	Nadezhda Chervyakova Ella Karachkova	15–7, 15–5	Winner
1999	Scottish International	Irina Ruslyakova	Takae Masumo Chikako Nakayama	10–15, 5–15	Runner-up
1999	Welsh International	Irina Ruslyakova	Gail Emms Joanne Wright	17–14, 17–14	Winner
1999	Irish International	Irina Ruslyakova	Naomi Murakami Hiromi Yamada	15–11, 6–15, 16–17	Runner-up
2000	Austrian International	Irina Ruslyakova	Rebecca Pantaney Joanne Wright	2–15, 15–9, 6–15	Runner-up
2000	Russian International	Irina Ruslyakova	Ella Karachkova Anastasia Russkikh	15–8, 15–10	Winner
2001	French International	Irina Ruslyakova	Erica van den Heuvel Nicole van Hooren	0–7, 7–4, 1–7, 8–6, 4–7	Runner-up
2001	Slovenian International	Elena Shimko	Fabienne Baumeyer Judith Baumeyer	7–0, 7–0, 7–0	Winner
2002	Austrian International	Elena Shimko	Helle Nielsen Lene Mørk	4–7, 0–7, 5–7	Runner-up
2002	Bulgarian International	Natalia Gorodnicheva	Alexandra Olariu Florentina Petre	11–11, 11–2	Winner
2002	Hungarian International	Elena Shimko	Elena Sukhareva Natalia Gorodnicheva	11–8, 11–9	Winner
2003	French International	Elena Shimko	Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai	1–11, 11–7, 9–11	Runner-up
2003	Slovak International	Elena Shimko	Ekaterina Ananina Irina Ruslyakova	15–7, 15–13	Winner
2003	Slovenian International	Elena Shimko	Ragna Ingólfsdóttir Sara Jónsdóttir	15–6, 15–3	Winner
2003	Hungarian International	Elena Shimko	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	16–17, 9–15	Runner-up
2004	Portugal International	Elena Shimko	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	6–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2005	Italian International	Ella Karachkova	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	15–2, 8–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2006	Belgian International	Elena Shimko	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2006	Scottish International	Elena Shimko	Valeria Sorokina Nina Vislova	22–20, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1991	Czechoslovakian International	Vladislav Druzchenko	Michael Helber Anne-Katrin Seid	15–9, 13–15, 15–4	Winner
1992	Russian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Vladimir Nikolenko Irina Gritsenko	15–3, 15–11	Winner
1993	Portugal International	Nikolai Zuyev	Chan Siu Kwong Chung Hoi Yuk	17–15, 15–11	Winner
1994	Wimbledon International	Nikolai Zuyev	John Quinn Joanne Muggeridge	7–15, 9–15	Runner-up
1995	Wimbledon International	Nikolai Zuyev	Ian Pearson Joanne Davies	12–15, 15–11, 5–15	Runner-up
1995	Welsh International	Nikolai Zuyev	Julian Robertson Lorraine Cole	15–11, 15–7	Winner
1997	La Chaux-de-Fonds International	Vladislav Druzchenko	Nathan Robertson Sarah Hardaker	15–9, 3–15, 15–10	Winner
2000	Russian International	Artur Khachaturyan	Pavel Uvarov Irina Ruslyakova	15–13, 7–15, 0–15	Runner-up
2001	Slovenian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Russell Hogg Kirsteen McEwan	7–5, 7–3, 7–2	Winner
2001	Welsh International	Nikolai Zuyev	Mike Beres Kara Solmundson	7–1, 5–7, 7–1, ...–...	Winner
2002	Bulgarian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Konstantin Dobrev Petya Nedelcheva	4–11, 11–9, 11–7	Winner
2002	Slovak International	Nikolai Zuyev	Andrey Konakh Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	4–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2002	Hungarian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Sergey Ivlev Natalia Gorodnicheva	11–5, 8–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2002	Scottish International	Nikolai Zuyev	Robert Blair Natalie Munt	11–6, 12–13, 9–11	Runner-up
2002	Welsh International	Nikolai Zuyev	Matthew Hughes Joanne Muggeridge	11–4, 11–6	Winner
2003	Slovenian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Simon Archer Donna Kellogg	2–15, 16–17	Runner-up
2003	Hungarian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Dmitry Miznikov Natalia Golovkina	15–13, 15–1	Winner
2003	Bitburger International	Nikolai Zuyev	Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson	15–13, 10–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2004	Swedish International	Nikolai Zuyev	Kristof Hopp Kathrin Piotrowski	15–5, 13–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2004	French International	Nikolai Zuyev	Xie Zhongbo Yu Yang	16–17, 9–15	Runner-up
2004	Slovak International	Nikolai Zuyev	Peter Jeffrey Hayley Connor	15–4, 15–2	Winner
2004	Hungarian International	Nikolai Zuyev	Ong Ewe Hock Lim Pek Siah	15–5, 9–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2005	Swedish International	Nikolai Zuyev	Kristian Roebuck Liza Parker	15–4, 15–8	Winner
2005	Italian International	Vitalij Durkin	Aleksandr Nikolaenko Valeria Sorokina	15–10, 15–9	Winner

References

• European results
• Marina Yakusheva at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)