Vera Koval

Vera Koval
Personal information
Full name	Vera Vyacheslavovna Koval
Nationality	Russia
Born	22 October 1983 (age 38); Bryansk, Russian SFSR
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	63 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Russia
European Championships
Women's sumo
World Games

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]

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.^[4]

References[]

^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Women's Half Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

External links[]

Vera Koval at JudoInside.com
NBC Olympics Profile

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[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] "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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