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]

Vera Koval
Personal information
Full nameVera Vyacheslavovna Koval
Nationality Russia
Born (1983-10-22) 22 October 1983
Bryansk, Russian SFSR
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)63 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Russia
European Championships
2009 Tbilisi 63 kg
2010 Vienna 63 kg
Women's sumo
World Games
2013 Cali Lightweight

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.[4]

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 17 April 2020. 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. "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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