Natalia Borisovna Lebedeva

Natalia Borisovna Lebedeva
nation	Soviet Union
birthday	December 16, 1964
place of birth	Zaporizhia,  Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Career
discipline	Single run
Trainer	Vladimir Kovalyov, Eduard Pliner, Igor Ksenofontov
status	resigned
Medal table
EM medals 0 × 2 × 0 ×
European figure skating championships silver Birmingham 1989 Ladies silver Leningrad 1990 Ladies

Natalja Borissowna Lebedewa ( Russian Наталья Борисовна Лебедева , English transcription Natalya Lebedeva ; born December 16, 1964 in Zaporozhye , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Ukrainian figure skater who competed for the Soviet Union in a single skate .

In 1984 and 1990 Lebedeva became the Soviet champion in figure skating for women. After her compatriots Kira Iwanowa and Anna Kondraschowa had retired , she was number one in the Soviet women's team. In 1989 she was Vice European Champion in Birmingham behind Claudia Leistner and again Vice European Champion in Leningrad in 1990 , this time behind Evelyn Großmann . She was the last figure skater to win a medal in a single run for the Soviet Union. At world championships , her best result was fifth, which she achieved in Paris in 1989 and in Halifax in 1990 .

Her trainers were Vladimir Kovalyov , Eduard Pliner and Igor Ksenofontow .

Results

Competition / year	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
World championships				7th	10.		9.	5.	5.
European championships				6th	4th			2.	2.
Soviet championships	8th.	4th	1.	3.	3.		2.	2.	1.