Vera Valeryevna Sobetova (Russian: Вера Валерьевна Собетова; born 10 March 1992) is a Russian sprint canoeist.[1][2] Sobetova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed only in sprint kayak doubles and four. For her first event, the women's K-4 500 metres, Sobetova and her teammates Yuliana Salakhova, Natalia Podolskaya, and Yulia Kachalova finished seventh in the final by six thousandths of a second (0.006) behind the Portuguese team (led by Teresa Portela), with a time of 1:33.459.[3] The following day, Sobetova and her partner Natalia Lobova paddled to a seventh-place finish and fifteenth overall in the B-final of the women's K-2 500 metres, by nineteen hundredths of a second (0.19) ahead of the Romanian pair Irina Lauric and Iuliana Paleu, posting their time of 1:52.277.[4]
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| Full name | Vera Valeryevna Sobetova | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 March 1992 Lipetsk, Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Canoeing | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint canoe | ||||||||||||||
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References edit
- ^ "Vera Sobetova". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vera Sobetova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ "Women's Kayak Four (K4) 500m Final A". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ^ "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final B". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
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