Nadiya Usenko
| Country |  Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 January 2000 Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | Active | |||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right handed | |||||||||||||||||
| Racquet used | Tecnifibre | |||||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 76 (January 2016) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 97 (January 2020) | |||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) | National Champion (x7) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on April 2021. | ||||||||||||||||||
Nadiia Usenko (born 29 January 2000 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian professional squash player.[1] As of February 2018, she was ranked number 102 in the world[2] and number 1 in Ukraine.
In 2017, she took part in The World Games.[3] The same year in December she was representing Ukraine at the World Championships (Manchester, United Kingdom) for the first time in the Ukrainian squash history.
Junior career
[edit]In 2011, Nadiia Usenko started to participate in the ESF (European Squash Federation) junior tournaments and managed to achieve number 1 position in the European Junior Ranking in the each of age category: GU13, GU15, GU17 and GU19. She won Dutch Junior Open[4] title in her last junior event in 2018.
Ukrainian National Squash Team
[edit]Nadiia Usenko became a member of the National Ukrainian Squash Team in 2014 at the age of 14.
In 2018, she won a gold medal at European Team Championship in Division 3[5] in Riga, Latvia.
CSA squash
[edit]In 2018, Usenko joined Trinity College Women's Squash Team.[6] She played 3 seasons for Bantams (season 2020-2021 cancelled due to COVID). Her senior year, she was named a captain of the team. Her overall record in college squash league is 48-9.
References
[edit]- ^ "PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ "Squash Info - Nadiya Usenko". www.squashinfo.com.
- ^ Info, Squash. "Squash Info - Women's PSA World Squash Rankings (November 2018) - Squash". www.squashinfo.com.
- ^ "Dutch Junior Open Squash 2018". squashsite.co.uk.
- ^ "European Team Championship Division 3 in Riga". European Squash Federation.
- ^ "Trinity's Nadiia Usenko Thrives Far From Home". Adobe Creative Cloud Express.
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