Nadiia Usenko
Country Ukraine
Born (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Turned Pro2014
RetiredActive
PlaysRight handed
Racquet usedTecnifibre
Women's singles
Highest rankingNo. 76 (January 2016)
Current rankingNo. 97 (January 2020)
Title(s)National Champion (x7)
Medal record
Women's squash
Representing  Ukraine
European Team Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Zargeb Division 3
Gold medal – first place 2018 Riga Division 3
Last updated: 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

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

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

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

  1. "PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association". psaworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. "Squash Info - Nadiya Usenko". www.squashinfo.com.
  3. Info, Squash. "Squash Info - Women's PSA World Squash Rankings (November 2018) - Squash". www.squashinfo.com.
  4. "Dutch Junior Open Squash 2018". squashsite.co.uk.
  5. "European Team Championship Division 3 in Riga". European Squash Federation.
  6. "Trinity's Nadiia Usenko Thrives Far From Home". Adobe Creative Cloud Express.


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