Yulia Kuzina

Yuliya Valeryevna Kuzina (also Yulia Kuzina, Russian: Юлия Валерьевна Кузина; born October 25, 1976, in Orsk, Orenburg Oblast) is a Russian judoka, who played for the middleweight category.[1] She won a bronze medal for the 63 kg division at the 2004 European Judo Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[2]

Yulia Kuzina
Personal information
Full nameYuliya Valeryevna Kuzina
Born (1976-10-25) 25 October 1976
Orsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR
OccupationJudoka
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportJudo
Weight class–63 kg, –70 kg
ClubDynamo Orsk
Achievements and titles
World Champ.9th (1999)
European Champ.Bronze (2004)
Olympic GamesR16 (2008)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Bucharest –63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF52717
JudoInside.com8630
Updated on 19 November 2022.

Career

Kuzina made her official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's middleweight class (70 kg). She defeated Côte d'Ivoire's Lea Zahoui Blavo in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match by an ippon and an uchi mata (inner thigh throw) to South Korea's Cho Min-Sun. Kuzina offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage bouts, but she lost her first match, with three yuko and a harai makikomi (hip sweep wraparound), to Italy's Ylenia Scapin.

Eight years after competing in her first Olympics, Kuzina qualified for the women's 70 kg class, as a 31-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing fifth from the European Judo Championships in Lisbon.[3] Kuzina lost the preliminary round of sixteen match, by a yuko, to Hungary's Anett Mészáros, although she received two shidos (penalties) for using the non-combativity technique.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yulia Kuzina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. "2004 European Championships – Bucharest, Romania". Judo Inside. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. "2008 European Championships – Lisbon, Portugal". Judo Inside. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  4. "Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
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