Vera Koval

Vera Koval
Personal information
Full nameVera Vyacheslavovna Koval
Born (1983-10-22) 22 October 1983 (age 43)
Bryansk, Russian SFSR
OccupationJudoka
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportJudo, Sumo
‍–‍63 kg
Achievements and titles
R32 (2008)
5th (2009)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2009)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2009 Tbilisi‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Vienna‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place2009 Paris‍–‍63 kg
Women's sumo
World Games
Bronze medal – third place2013 CaliLightweight
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. 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. She also competes in women's sumo, including at the World Championships.

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.

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. Retrieved 3 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "World 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.