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| Full Name: | Nataliya Aleksandrovna Yukhareva |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 1.66 m |
| Country: | Russia |
| Weight Class: | –57 kg |
| Club: | SKA St. Petersburg |
| Coach: | Sergey Yukharev |
| Worlds Rank: | 9 |
| Worlds Year: | 2007 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 57 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 3 |
| Regionals Year: | 2004 |
| Regionals Weight: | Women's 57 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | 7 |
| Olympics Year: | 2004 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 57 kg |
| Updated: | 19 November 2022 |
Nataliya Aleksandrovna Yukhareva (ru|Наталья Александровна Юхарева; born 17 September 1975 in Saint Petersburg) is a Russian judoka who competed in the women's lightweight category.[1] She held a 2007 Russian senior title for her own division, picked up a total of seventeen medals in her career, including a bronze from the European Championships, and finished seventh in the 57-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout most of her sporting career, Yukhareva trained as a full-fledged member of the judo squad for SKA St. Petersburg, under her personal coach, father, and sensei Sergey Yukharev.[2] [3]
Yukhareva qualified for the Russian squad in the women's lightweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third from the European Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[4] [5] She got off to a rough start with a sudden-death defeat from North Korean judoka and 1996 Olympic champion Kye Sun-hui in the prelims. With her opponent moving further into the final, Yukhareva permitted herself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal by immediately clutching Malta's Marcon Bezzina and Great Britain's Sophie Cox in the repechage round, but fell short to France's Barbara Harel by a double yuko and a seoi nage (shoulder throw) in their subsequent match, relegating Yukhareva into the seventh position.[6] [7]