Natalia Vitoldivna Gorbenko (Ukrainian: Наталія Вітольдівна Горбенко, born 3 February 1970)[1][2] is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater for the Soviet Union. After becoming the 1986 World Junior champion,[3] she won five senior international medals and the 1989 Soviet national title. She placed as high as 5th at the European Championships and 8th at the World Championships.
Natalia Gorbenko | |
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Personal information | |
Native name | Наталія Вітольдівна Горбенко |
Full name | Natalia Vitoldivna Gorbenko |
Country represented | ![]() ![]() |
Born | (1970-02-03) 3 February 1970 (age 52) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Former coach | Valentin Nikolaev |
Retired | 1994 |
After Gorbenko moved to the United Kingdom, she competed in the British Championships, placing second.
International[1][2] | |||||||||
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Event | 85–86 | 86–87 | 87–88 | 88–89 | 89–90 | 90–91 | 91–92 | 92–93 | 93–94 |
Worlds | 14th | 8th | 19th | ||||||
Europeans | 6th | 5th | 8th | ||||||
Skate America | 6th | 5th | |||||||
Fujifilm Trophy | 3rd | ||||||||
Int. de Paris | 2nd | 8th | |||||||
Schäfer Memorial | 1st | ||||||||
Prize of Moscow | 2nd | 3rd | |||||||
International: Junior[3] | |||||||||
Junior Worlds | 1st | ||||||||
National[1][2] | |||||||||
Soviet Champ. | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 5th | ||||
British Champ. | 2nd |
Soviet champions in figure skating – Ladies' singles | |
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