Maryna Cherniak Explained

Birth Place:Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height:162 cm
Country:Ukraine
Weight Class:48 kg
Worlds Rank:5
Worlds Year:2015
Worlds Weight:Women's 48 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2014
Regionals Weight:Women's 48 kg
Regionals Year2:2018
Regionals Weight2:Women's 48 kg
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2016
Olympics Weight:Women's 48 kg
Updated:21 May 2023

Maryna Mikolaevna Cherniak (Ukrainian: Марина Миколаївна Черняк, born 26 March 1988) is a Ukrainian judoka.

Career

Her twin sister Inna Cherniak is visually impaired, but competes in judo and sambo both against sighted and visually impaired people. To avoid competing against each other the sisters often split the events. For example, at the 2013 World Championships, Inna competed in the 52 kg and Maryna in the 48 kg division. At the 2013 Summer Universiade, both sisters won medals in the 52 kg category, but Inna in sambo and Maryna in judo. In 2016, Inna won a gold medal in judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, while Maryna was eliminated in her second bout at the 2016 Summer Olympics.