| Full name | Vera Vyacheslavovna Koval |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 22 October 1983 (age 43) |
| Birth place | Bryansk, Russian SFSR |
| Height | 1.67 m |
| Country | Russia |
| Sport | Judo, Sumo |
| Weight class | 63 kg |
| Worlds rank | 5 |
| Worlds year | 2009 |
| Regionals rank | 2 |
| Regionals year | 2009 |
| Regionals weight | Women's 63 kg |
| Olympics rank | R32 |
| Olympics year | 2008 |
| Olympics weight | Women's 63 kg |
| Updated | 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
- ^ "Vera Koval". Archived 3 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. 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.
- ^ "World 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.