Natalia Yukhareva

Natalia Yukhareva
Personal information
Full name Nataliya Aleksandrovna
Yukhareva
Nationality  Russia
Born (1975-09-17) 17 September 1975
Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s) 57 kg
Club SKA St. Petersburg
Coached by Sergey Yukharev

Nataliya Aleksandrovna Yukhareva (Russian: Наталья Александровна Юхарева; born September 17, 1975 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian judoka who competed in the women's lightweight category.[1] She held a 2007 Russian senior title for her own division, picked up a total of seventeen medals in her career, including a bronze from the European Championships, and finished seventh in the 57-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout most of her sporting career, Yukhareva trained as a full-fledged member of the judo squad for SKA St. Petersburg, under her personal coach, father, and sensei Sergey Yukharev.[2][3]

Yukhareva qualified for the Russian squad in the women's lightweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third from the European Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[4][5] She got off to a rough start with a sudden-death defeat from North Korean judoka and 1996 Olympic champion Kye Sun-hui in the prelims. With her opponent moving further into the final, Yukhareva permitted herself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal by immediately clutching Malta's Marcon Bezzina and Great Britain's Sophie Cox in the repechage round, but fell short to France's Barbara Harel by a double yuko and a seoi nage (shoulder throw) in their subsequent match, relegating Yukhareva into the seventh position.[6][7]

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