Vera Koval
Vera Vyacheslavovna Koval (Russian: Вера Вячеславовна Коваль; born 22 October 1983 in Bryansk) is a Russian judoka, who played for 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 | Bryansk, Russian SFSR | 22 October 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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World Champ. | 5th (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Champ. | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympic Games | R32 (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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IJF | 368 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 36072 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 15 November 2022. |
Career
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
- 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 17 April 2020. 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 2022-05-21.
- "Women's Half Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
External links
- Vera Koval at the International Judo Federation
- Vera Koval at JudoInside.com
- Vera Koval at Olympedia
- Vera Koval at the International World Games Association
- Vera Koval at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- NBC Olympics Profile