Nadiya Usenko
{{Short description|Ukrainian professional squash player}}
{{Infobox squash player
| name = Nadiia Usenko
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| country = {{UKR}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|01|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kyiv, Ukraine
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| height = 158 cm
| weight =52 kg
| turnedpro = 2014
| retired = Active
| plays = Right handed
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| racquet = Tecnifibre
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| event = Women's singles
| highest_ranking = No. 76
| date_of_highest_ranking = January 2016
| current_ranking = No. 97
| date_of_current_ranking = January 2020
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| titles =National Champion (x7)
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| updated = April 2021
|medals={{MedalSport | Women's squash }}
{{MedalCountry | {{UKR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Team Championship }}
{{MedalBronze | 2014 Zagreb | Division 3 }}
{{MedalGold | 2018 Riga | Division 3 }}}}
Nadiia Usenko (born 29 January 2000 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian professional squash player.{{cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|title=PSA World Tour Rankings - The Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com|access-date=18 November 2018|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331190639/https://psaworldtour.com/rankings/world_tour?g=women|url-status=dead}} As of February 2018, she was ranked number 102 in the world{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/player/9461-nadiya-usenko|title=Squash Info - Nadiya Usenko|website=www.squashinfo.com}} and number 1 in Ukraine.
In 2017, she took part in The World Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.squashinfo.com/rankings/women/ukr|title=Squash Info - Women's PSA World Squash Rankings (November 2018) - Squash|first=Squash|last=Info|website=www.squashinfo.com}} 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{{Cite web |title=Dutch Junior Open Squash 2018 |url=http://squashsite.co.uk/2016/djo2018.htm |access-date= |website=squashsite.co.uk}} 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{{Cite web |title=European Team Championship Division 3 in Riga |url=https://www.europeansquash.com/news/119734/European-Team-Championship-Division-3-in-Riga |access-date= |website=European Squash Federation}} in Riga, Latvia.
CSA squash
In 2018, Usenko joined Trinity College Women's Squash Team.{{Cite web |title=Trinity's Nadiia Usenko Thrives Far From Home |url=https://express.adobe.com/page/9JlTspUBuhsOG/ |access-date= |website=Adobe Creative Cloud Express |language=en}} 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.
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Category:Ukrainian female squash players
Category:Sportspeople from Kyiv
Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
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