Vera Sobetova
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Vera Valeryevna Sobetova |
| Nationality |
 Russia |
| Born |
10 March 1992 Lipetsk, Russia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Canoeing |
| Event(s) | Sprint canoe |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Russia
| ||
| U23 World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2013 Niagara | K-2 500 m |
| Silver | 2013 Niagara | K-1 500 m |
Vera Valeryevna Sobetova (Russian: Вера Валерьевна Собетова; born March 10, 1992 in Lipetsk) is a Russian sprint canoeist.[1][2] Sobetova represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed only in sprint kayak doubles and four. For her first event, the women's K-4 500 metres, Sobetova and her teammates Yuliana Salakhova, Natalia Podolskaya, and Yulia Kachalova finished seventh in the final by six thousandths of a second (0.006) behind the Portuguese team (led by Teresa Portela), with a time of 1:33.459.[3] The following day, Sobetova and her partner Natalia Lobova paddled to a seventh-place finish and fifteenth overall in the B-final of the women's K-2 500 metres, by nineteen hundredths of a second (0.19) ahead of the Romanian pair Irina Lauric and Iuliana Paleu, posting their time of 1:52.277.[4]
References
- ↑ "Vera Sobetova". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Vera Sobetova". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Kayak Four (K4) 500m Final A". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Women's Kayak Double (K2) 500m Final B". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.