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] She also competes in women's sumo, including at the World Championships.[4]

Vera Koval
Personal information
Full nameVera Vyacheslavovna Koval
Born (1983-10-22) 22 October 1983
Bryansk, Russian SFSR
OccupationJudoka
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportJudo, Sumo
Weight class–63 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.5th (2009)
European Champ.Silver (2009)
Olympic GamesR32 (2008)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Tbilisi –63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vienna –63 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Paris –63 kg
Women's sumo
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Cali Lightweight
Profile at external databases
IJF368
JudoInside.com36072
Updated on 15 November 2022.

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
  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. "Worls Championships – Huge success for European Sumo Community". European Sumo Federation. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  5. "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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