Elena Proskurakova

Elena Borisovna Proskurakova (Russian: Елена Борисовна Проскуракова; born April 19, 1985 in Karakol) is a Kyrgyzstani judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category.[1]

Elena Proskurakova
Personal information
Full nameElena Borisovna Proskurakova
Nationality Kyrgyzstan
Born (1985-04-19) 19 April 1985
Karakol, Kirghiz SSR
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)78 kg

Career

She is a five-time national judo champion for the 63 and 70 kg class. She also placed fifth at the 2011 Asian Judo Championships in Abu Dhabi, losing out to Japan's Yoshie Ueno in the bronze medal bout.

Proskurakova represented Kyrgyzstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 78 kg class. She lost her first preliminary match to China's Yang Xiuli, who scored an automatic ippon at fifty-two seconds.[2] 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 Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd, who scored a waza-ari awasete ippon (half full point) in the first round.[3]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Proskurakova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. "Women's Half Heavyweight (78kg/172 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  3. "Women's Half Heavyweight (78kg/172 lbs) Repechage". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.


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