Varvara Massyagina
Personal information
Full nameVarvara Gennadyevna Masyagina
Born (1977-08-25) 25 August 1977
Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationJudoka
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
CountryKazakhstan
SportJudo
Weight class–78 kg
Rank     5th dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2004)
World Champ.R16 (1999)
Asian Champ.Silver (1998, 2003)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 Bangkok –78 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Jeju –78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Almaty –78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF34496
JudoInside.com10045
Updated on 13 March 2023.

Varvara Gennadyevna Masyagina (Kazakh: Варвара Геннадьевна Масягина; born 25 August 1977 in Almaty) is a Kazakh judoka, who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category.[2] She picked up five medals in her career, including two silvers each from the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand and the 2003 Asian Judo Championships in Jeju City, South Korea, and later represented her nation Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

Massyagina qualified for the Kazakh squad in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the Asian Championships in Almaty.[3][5] She lost her opening match to a seventeen-year-old U.S. judoka Nicole Kubes, who scored an ippon victory and quickly subdued her on the tatami with a harai makikomi (hip sweep wraparound) at eight seconds.[6][7]

References

  1. "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Varvara Massyagina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Лучший Подарок для Масягиной – Медалй" [Medal will be the best gift for Massyagina] (in Kazakh). Gazeta.kz. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. "В Корее у Варвары все получилось" [In Korea, Varvara is fully prepared] (in Kazakh). Gazeta.kz. 6 November 2003. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  5. "Масягина едет в Афины" [Massyagina will travel to Athens] (in Kazakh). Gazeta.kz. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  6. "Judo: Women's Half-Heavyweight (78kg/172 lbs) Round of 32". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. Dalabaeva, Alla (19 August 2004). "Олимпиада-2004: Пять Дней Позади" [Olympics 2004: Five days behind] (in Kazakh). Gazeta.kz. Retrieved 6 December 2014.


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