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.

Marina Yakusheva
Personal information
CountryRussia
Born (1974-06-19) 19 June 1974 (age 49)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
HandednessRight
Medal record
Women's Badminton
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Herning Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Glasgow Women's doubles
Representing  Soviet Union
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Budapest Mixed team
BWF profile

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 edit

European Championships edit

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 edit

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
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
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
1995 Thailand Open   Nikolai Zuyev   Park Joo-bong
  Ra Kyung-min
1–15, 4–15   Runner-up

IBF International edit

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
1993 Russian Open   Marina Andrievskaia 1–11, 4–11   Runner-up
1994 Portugal International   Irina Serova 12–11, 11–7   Winner
1994 Wimbledon International   Irina Yakusheva 11–3, 2–11, 11–2   Winner
1994 Russian Open   Xu Li 5–11, 7–11   Runner-up
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
1993 Finnish International   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 Wimbledon International   Irina Yakusheva   Nichola Beck
  Tracy Dineen
15–9, 11–15, 15–10   Winner
1994 Russian Open   Svetlana Alferova   Viktoria Evtushenko
  Elena Nozdran
15–1, 15–7   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
1993 Russian Open   Sergey Melnikov   Nikolai Zuyev
  Marina Andrievskaia
14–17, 7–15   Runner-up
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 edit