Mariya Shekerova (; born December 9, 1988) is an

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, who played for the heavyweight category. Shekerova represented Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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, where she competed for the women's heavyweight class (+78 kg). She lost the first preliminary match against France's

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, who successfully scored a

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(two waza-ari), seven seconds before the five-minute period had ended.

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Uzbekistani female judoka Living people Olympic judoka for Uzbekistan Russian female judoka Uzbekistani people of Russian descent Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1988 births Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Summer World University Games medalists in judo FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Russia Asian Games judoka for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Naturalized citizens of Russia 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Uzbekistan-judo-bio-stub