Nataliya Rusnachenko


Nataliya Rusnachenko is a Ukrainian-Austrian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for Austria in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Career

She was born in Tiraspol, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. She represented the Moldavian SSR at the 1986 Spartakiad in Kiev and played for Spartak Kyiv.
In 1988 she won the bronze medal with the handball team|Soviet team]. She played one match as goalkeeper.
Four years later she was a member of the Austria team which finished fifth in the 1992 Olympic tournament. She played three matches as goalkeeper.
At the 2000 Games she finished fifth with the Austrian team in the Olympic tournament. She played all seven matches as goalkeeper.

Private

She has two sons, one of which, Michael Miskovez, is also a handball player.