Valeria Sorokina
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Birth name | Валерия Михайловна Сорокина Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 29 March 1984||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 4 (WD) 6 January 2011 11 (XD) 29 March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina (Template:Lang-ru; born 29 March 1984) is a badminton player from Russia.[1] Together with her doubles partner Nina Vislova, she is the first Russian Olympic medalist in badminton.[citation needed]
Career
She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships and bronze medals in 2008 and 2012 in women's doubles with Nina Vislova.[2][3] In her home country Russia she won seven national titles before 2013.
Achievements
Olympic Games
She played in women's doubles discipline with Nina Vislova and finished in third place after winning bronze medal match against Canadian women's doubles players, Bruce and Li with 21-9, 21-10.[4]
Women's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain | Nina Vislova | Alex Bruce Michelle Li |
21–9, 21–10 | Bronze |
European Championships
Women's Doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2012 | Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden |
Nina Vislova | Line Damkjaer Kruse Marie Røpke |
20-22, 21-13, 12-21 | Bronze |
2010 | Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England |
Nina Vislova | Petya Nedelcheva Anastasia Russkikh |
21-18, 21-14 | Gold |
2008 | Herning, Denmark | Nina Vislova | Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen |
19-21, 20-22 | Bronze |
European Junior Championships
Girls' Doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2003 | Esbjerg, Denmark | Nina Vislova | Therésè Nawrath Birgit Overzier |
5-11, 11-5, 11-0[5] | Gold |
Mixed Doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2003 | Esbjerg, Denmark | Anton Nazarenko | Marc Zwiebler Birgit Overzier |
9-11, 9-11[5] | Bronze |
BWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2016 | Russian Open | Vladimir Ivanov | Pranaav Jerry Chopra N. Sikki Reddy |
17-21, 19-21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Russian Open | Alexandr Nikolaenko | Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova |
21–19, 21-17 | Winner |
2011 | Russian Open | Alexandr Nikolaenko | Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota |
21-18, 21-14 | Winner |
2010 | Dutch Open | Alexandr Nikolaenko | Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota |
22-20, 21-9 | Winner |
2010 | Russian Open | Alexandr Nikolaenko | Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova |
8-21, 21-14, 21-16 | Winner |
2009 | Dutch Open | Alexandr Nikolaenko | Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova |
13-21, 21-16, 21-12 | Winner |
2009 | Russian Open | Alexandr Nikolaenko | Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova |
16-21, 16-21 | Runner-up |
2008 | Russian Open | Alexandr Nikolaenko | Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova |
21-19, 21-19 | Winner |
2006 | U.S. Open | Vitalij Durkin | Sergey Ivlev Nina Vislova |
21-15, 15-21, 21-16 | Runner-up |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
- ^ "СОРОКИНА Валерия Михайловна". infosport.ru (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Euro Champs 2010 – Rytter Juhl and Laybourn add European to World Title; Tine claims Gold". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "European Championships, Individuals". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "Bronze for Russians Vislova and Sorokina". www.badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Итоги European Junior Championships". www.воланчик.рф (in Russian). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
External links
- Valeria Sorokina at BWFBadminton.com
- Valeria Sorokina at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valeria Sorokina". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.