Elena Borisovna Proskurakova (russian: Елена Борисовна Проскуракова; born April 19, 1985, in

Karakol Karakol ( ky, Каракол, Karakol, قاراقول, ; zh, 卡拉科尔), formerly Przhevalsk (russian: Пржевальск), is the fourth-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Lake Issyk-Kul, about from the Kyrgyzstan–C ...

) is a

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judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

, who played for the half-heavyweight category.

Career

She is a five-time national judo champion for the 63 and 70 kg class. She also placed fifth at the

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, losing out to Japan's

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in the bronze medal bout. Proskurakova represented

at the

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, where she competed for the women's 78 kg class. She lost her first preliminary match to China's

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, who scored an automatic

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In Judo In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four ...

at fifty-two seconds. Because Yang advanced further into the final match against Cuba's Yalennis Castillo, Proskurakova offered another shot for the bronze medal through the repechage bouts, where she was defeated by Mongolia's

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, who scored a

waza-ari is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon'' or ''waza-ari'' contest, usually judo, karate or jujutsu. ''Waza-ari'' in judo A ''waza-ari'' is the second highest score a fighter can achieve in judo, the ...

awasete ippon (half full point) in the first round.

References

External links

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1985 births Living people People from Karakol Kyrgyzstani people of Russian descent Kyrgyzstani female judoka Olympic judoka for Kyrgyzstan Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2006 Asian Games Judoka at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kyrgyzstan {{Kyrgyzstan-judo-bio-stub