Anastassia Kovalenko

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Anastassia Kovalenko (born 21 September 1991) [1] is an Estonian motorcycle road racer. She is racing in European Junior Cup and is first female racer in Estonian road racing history to race on the international level. She currently holds the title of the best female motorcycle athlete of the year in Estonia. Her debut year was 2012 when she was riding a Kawasaki Ninja 250r. On the side of her motorcycling career she is acquiring her Master of Business Administration .

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Training day in Aragon on the 31st of March.

Racing career

Kovalenko has been racing motorcycles since 2012 when she was riding a Kawasaki Ninja 250R. In 2013, she moved on to a more powerful bike – Kawasaki Ninja 600R. On the same year she decided to compete in two classes which was not an easy decision. She managed to achieve second place in Superstock 600 B class and third position in C-class. As of 2014 Kovalenko started to ride under Finnish road racing team Kallio Racing Team (owned by MotoGP rider Mika Kallio) where she competed in both Estonian and Finnish championships. Kovalenko won the Superstock 600 B class championship in Estonia in 2014, despite crashing mid-season which ended up with a broken collarbone, and was awarded with the title of the best female motorcycle athlete of the year. In 2015, Kovalenko started to race in European Junior Cup, scoring points in both EJC and the Women’s cup. Kovalenko finished Women's European Cup in second position. On the same year Kovalenko was awarded with the award for the most remarkable moment of the year in motorsports in Estonia. In 2016, Kovalenko started to train with Jorge Lorenzo's father. [2]

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Anastassia Kovalenko on Botniaring

Awards

Career in Law

Kovalenko studied in Tallinn French School. After finishing it she proceeded to acquire her bachelor's degree in Law in the University of Tartu. During her studies there she also completed the summer law school program at the University of Cambridge. In 2013, she acquired her BA degree and on the same year went on to acquire her master's degree in Law in University of Tartu. She was specializing primarily in white-collar crimes' field. Her master's degree thesis analyzed the prosecution of money laundering and its predicate offences. After getting her master's degree in law in 2015, Kovalenko continued her studies in MBA. In 2017 Kovalenko obtained her second Master's degree. During undergraduate studies Kovalenko worked in one of the leading law offices in Estonia named Sorainen in dispute resolution team. [3]

Other hobbies

Outside of motorcycle racing Kovalenko is a gifted piano player – she studied in Nõmme Music School. She has also done ballroom dancing for ten years.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Kovalenko was born in Tallinn, Estonia. She has two younger brothers and three younger sisters as well as three older stepsiblings from her father.[ citation needed ] In 2022 she married mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart. [4]

Publications

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References

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  2. http://www.msport.ee/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Motoringrada-2014-punktitabel-09.09.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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  4. ERR News. SDE leader: Ossinovski likely to run in next year's Riigikogu elections.
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