Vera Koval

Vera Koval
Personal information
Full nameVera Vyacheslavovna Koval
Born (1983-10-22) 22 October 1983 (age 41)
Bryansk, Russian SFSR
OccupationJudoka
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportJudo, Sumo
Weight class‍–‍63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2008)
World Champ.5th (2009)
European Champ.Silver (2009)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Tbilisi ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vienna ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Paris ‍–‍63 kg
Women's sumo
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Cali Lightweight
Profile at external databases
IJF368
JudoInside.com36072
Updated on 15 November 2022

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]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Preview Women's U63kg: European faces on the podium likely". European Judo Union. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Worls Championships – Huge success for European Sumo Community". European Sumo Federation. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Women's Half Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.


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