Sofya Velikaya

Sofiya Velikaya
Velikaya at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Full nameSofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya
Born (1985-06-08) 8 June 1985
Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
WeaponSabre
HandRight-handed
National coachDmitry Glotov
ClubRussian Central Sports Army Club and MGFSO
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Representing ROC
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoTeam sabre
2020 TokyoIndividual sabre
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam sabre
2016 Rio de JaneiroIndividual sabre
2012 LondonIndividual sabre
World Championships
2004 New YorkTeam sabre
2010 ParisTeam sabre
2011 CataniaIndividual sabre
2011 CataniaTeam sabre
2012 KyivTeam sabre
2015 MoscowIndividual sabre
2015 MoscowTeam sabre
2019 BudapestTeam sabre
2005 LeipzigIndividual sabre
2005 LeipzigTeam sabre
2018 WuxiIndividual sabre
2018 WuxiTeam sabre
2019 BudapestIndividual sabre
2006 TurinTeam sabre
2007 St.PetersburgTeam sabre
2010 ParisIndividual sabre
European Championships
2003 BourgesTeam sabre
2004 CopenhagenTeam sabre
2006 İzmirIndividual sabre
2006 İzmirTeam sabre
2008 KyivIndividual sabre
2012 LegnanoTeam sabre
2014 StrasbourgTeam sabre
2015 MontreuxIndividual sabre
2015 MontreuxTeam sabre
2016 ToruńIndividual sabre
2016 ToruńTeam sabre
2018 Novi SadIndividual sabre
2018 Novi SadTeam sabre
2019 DüsseldorfTeam sabre
2005 ZalaegerszegIndividual sabre
2005 ZalaegerszegTeam sabre
2007 GhentIndividual sabre
2009 PlovdivTeam sabre
2010 LeipzigIndividual sabre
2010 LeipzigTeam sabre
2007 GhentTeam sabre
2011 SheffieldTeam sabre
2019 DüsseldorfIndividual sabre
Military World Games
2019 WuhanTeam sabre
Summer Universiade
2005 İzmirIndividual sabre
2005 İzmirTeam sabre
2003 DaeguTeam sabre

Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya (Russian: Софья Александровна Великая, IPA: [ˈsofʲjə vʲɪˈlʲikəjə]; born 8 June 1985) is a Russian sabre fencer.

Velikaya is a former European champion (four-time individual, six-time team), world champion (two-time individual, six-time team), and two-time Olympic team champion. She competed in the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympics, and is a three-time individual silver medalist.

She dedicated her team's 2016 Olympic gold medal to those Russians who had been banned for doping. In January 2024, Velikaya was included in the list of proxies of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in the 2024 Russian presidential election.

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