Marina Yakusheva

Marina Yakusheva
Personal information
CountryRussia
Born (1974-06-19) 19 June 1974
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
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

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