Name Maryna Pryshchepa Role Olympic athlete | Height 1.7 m Weight 78 kg | |
JUDO 2009 World Championships: Marhinde Verkerk (NED) - Maryna Pryshchepa (UKR)
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 (2009) and four bronze medals (2006, 2007, 2010, 2012) at the European Judo Championships.
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.