Vera Vyacheslavovna Koval (; born 22 October 1983 in
Bryansk
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) is a Russian
judoka
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, who competed in the half-middleweight category. She won two medals (silver and bronze) for her division at the
2009 European Judo Championships
The 2009 European Judo Championships were held at the Sports Palace, in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 24 to 26 April 2009.
Medal overview Men
Women
Medal table
Results overview Men −60 kg
−66 kg
−73 kg
−81 kg
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in
Tbilisi, Georgia
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, and at the
2010 European Judo Championships
The 2010 European Judo Championships were held at the Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion, in Vienna, Austria, from 22 to 25 April 2010.
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in
Vienna, Austria
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. She also competes in
women's sumo
is a form of sumo played by women.
Professional sumo traditionally forbids women from competition and ceremonies. Women are not allowed to enter or touch the sumo wrestling ring (''dohyō''). Despite this, women sumo wrestlers have existed throu ...
, including at the World Championships.
Career
Koval represented
Russia
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, 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
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NBC 2008 Olympics Profile
Russian female judoka
Living people
Olympic judoka for Russia
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bryansk
1983 births
World Games bronze medalists for Russia
Russian sumo wrestlers
Female sumo wrestlers
Medalists at the 2013 World Games
21st-century Russian sportswomen
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