Sofiya Velikaya

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Sofiya Velikaya
Medal record
Velikaya (left) and Kharlan at the Summer Olympics in London.

Competitor for Russia
Women's Fencing
Olympic Games
Silver	2012 London	Sabre
World Championships
Gold	2004 New York	Team sabre
Gold	2010 Paris	Team sabre
Gold	2011 Catania	Sabre
Gold	2011 Catania	Team Sabre
Gold	2012 Kiev	Team sabre
Silver	2005 Leipzig	Sabre
Silver	2005 Leipzig	Team sabre
Bronze	2006 Turin	Team sabre
Bronze	2007 St.Petersburg	Team sabre
Bronze	2010 Paris	Sabre

Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya (Russian: Софья Александровна Великая) (born 8 June 1985 in Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian sabre fencer. She seeded fourth in the 2008 Beijing Games after losing to Becca Ward by one point in the bronze medal match. On October 12, 2011, she become the World Champion after beating two time Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis in the final. One year after, she participated in Summer Olympics in London, where she advanced to finals after defeating Olha Kharlan of Ukraine in the semifinals. However, she lost to South Korea's Kim Ji-Yeon in the finals to capture silver.

External links

Profile on fie.ch
Profile at sports-reference.com

v t e World Champions in Women's Sabre

1999 : Yelena Jemayeva 2000 : Yelena Jemayeva 2001 : Anne-Lise Touya 2002 : Tan Xue 2003 : Dorina Mihai 2005 : Anne-Lise Touya 2006 : Rebecca Ward 2007 : Yelena Nechayeva 2009 : Mariel Zagunis 2010 : Mariel Zagunis 2011 : Sofiya Velikaya 2013 : Olha Kharlan

Persondata
Name	Velikaya, Sofiya
Alternative names
Short description	Russian fencer
Date of birth	8 June 1985
Place of birth	Almaty
Date of death
Place of death

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