Maryna Pryshchepa [SEP] place of birth
Maryna Pryshchepa
Maryna Pryshchepa (Ukrainian: Марина Прищепа; born 28 July 1983 in Kiev, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian judoka. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics (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. She also has a silver medal (
high-scoring waza-ari, finishing only in fifth place.
At the 2009 European Judo Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, San Miguel won a gold medal for the half-heavyweight division since her first title in eleven years, defeating Ukraine's Maryna Pryshchepa in the finals.
External links.
- NBC Olympics Profile