Maryna Pryshchepa (

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: Марина Прищепа; born 28 July 1983) is a

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Career

She competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

(Beijing) in the -78 kg event and lost her opening match to Heide Wollert. Four years later in London, she participated in the -78 kg tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics and was eliminated in her first match by Audrey Tcheuméo of France. Pryshchepa won a silver medal at the

2009 World Judo Championships The 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August. Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reins ...

. She also has a silver medal (

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

) and four bronze medals (

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) at the

European Judo Championships The European Judo Championships is the Judo European Championship organized by the European Judo Union. The 2015 and 2019 editions were held during the respective European Games. This is also expected for future editions of the European Games. ...

. Pryshchepa is also competing in sambo and sumo. She is a world sambo champion. Since 2008 Pryshchepa has been representing Ukraine in sumo. She won two medals in sumo at the

World Games The World Games are an international multi-sport event comprising sports and sporting disciplines that are not contested in the Olympic Games. They are usually held every four years, one year after a Summer Olympic Games, over the course of 11 d ...

. Sumo at the World Games

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* 1983 births Living people Ukrainian female judoka Ukrainian sumo wrestlers Sportspeople from Kyiv Olympic judoka for Ukraine Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Games gold medalists World Games silver medalists Competitors at the 2009 World Games Competitors at the 2013 World Games Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics alumni 21st-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-judo-bio-stub