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Vera Moskalyuk

Russian judoka (born 1981)

Vera Sergeyevna Moskalyuk (Russian: Вера Сергеевна Москалюк; born 10 November 1981 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian-born Russian judoka. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics. In 2004 in Athens in the -78 kg event she was eliminated in her first match by Liu Xia. In Beijing in 2008 she competed again at -78 kg and lost her first match to Esther San Miguel. Finally in London in 2012, still in the -78 kg event she was defeated by Kayla Harrison.

Moskalyuk has won a gold medal (2006) and two silver medals (2007, 2008) at the European Judo Championships.

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