Vera Vyacheslavovna Koval (Russian: Вера Вячеславовна Коваль; born 22 October 1983 in Bryansk) is a Russian judoka, who competed in the half-middleweight category.[1] She won two medals (silver and bronze) for her division at the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, and at the 2010 European Judo Championships in Vienna, Austria.[2][3] She also competes in women's sumo, including at the World Championships.[4]
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| Full name | Vera Vyacheslavovna Koval | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1983 Bryansk, Russian SFSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo, Sumo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R32 (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 5th (2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 36072 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 15 November 2022. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career edit
Koval represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg). Unfortunately, she lost the first preliminary match to Netherlands' Elisabeth Willeboordse, who successfully scored a yuko and a morote gari (two hand reap) at the end of the five-minute period.[5]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vera Koval". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Preview Women's U63kg: European faces on the podium likely". European Judo Union. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Russians take the gold, silver and bronze at the European judo championships". The Voice of Russia. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Worls Championships – Huge success for European Sumo Community". European Sumo Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Women's Half Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
External links edit
- Vera Koval at the International Judo Federation
- Vera Koval at JudoInside.com
- Vera Koval at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Vera Koval at Olympics.com
- Vera Koval at Olympedia
- Vera Koval at the International World Games Association
- Vera Koval at The-Sports.org
- Vera Koval on Instagram
- NBC 2008 Olympics Profile
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