Nina Geria

Nina Geria
Born (1990-11-29) 29 November 1990
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Nationality Ukrainian
Occupation Strongwoman
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight 90 kg (200 lb)

Nina Geria (Ukrainian: Ні́на Геря) is a Ukrainian strength athlete who is foremost known as the winner of the World's Strongest Lady competition held in 2011.[1]

Career

Geria began her shot put training in 2003 and by April 2007, she started to train with the tug of war trainer Mikhail Demyanovich Geraskevich.[2][3] She became an international tug of war competitor and a member of the Ukrainian national team that participated in several tournaments.[2]

Geria started training for strongwoman competition by September 2009 with her coach Geraskevich and on 30 May 2010, she set her first world record in stone put with a 120 kg lifting stone.[3] Geria has been a regular competitor at strongwoman and Highland games events as well as tug of war tournaments and has various international and national level records.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Nina Gerya Wins World's Strongest Lady
  2. 1 2 3 Nina Geria - Autobiography
  3. 1 2 3 В Донецке самая сильная женщина планеты Нина Геря установила два мировых рекорда
  4. ↑ Самая сильная девушка-богатырь Украины Нина ГЕРЯ: «В стране у меня соперниц нет. Приходится соревноваться с мужчинами»


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