Vera Koval
Russian judoka (born 1983)
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo, Sumo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –63 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| R32 (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
