Vera Vyacheslavovna Koval (russian: Вера Вячеславовна Коваль; born 22 October 1983 in

Bryansk Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population: Geography Urban layout The location of the settlement was originally ass ...

) is a Russian

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, who played for the half-middleweight category. She won two medals (silver and bronze) for her division at the

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, and at the

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. She also competes in

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, including at the World Championships.

Career

Koval represented

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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 ...

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, where she competed for the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg). Unfortunately, she lost the first preliminary match to Netherlands'

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, who successfully scored a yuko and a

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(two hand reap) at the end of the five-minute period.

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NBC Olympics Profile
Russian female judoka Living people Olympic judoka for Russia Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bryansk 1983 births World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2013 World Games Russian sumo wrestlers Female sumo wrestlers {{Russia-judo-bio-stub