Sofya Velikaya

  • Sofya Velikaya
    Sofya Velikaya
  • Sport
    Fencing
  • Medals
    • Gold 0
    • Silver 1
    • Bronze 0
  • Country
    Russia
  • Date of Birth
    8 June 1985
  • Height
    5' 6" (1.7m)
  • Weight
    148lbs. (67kg)
  • Age
    27
  • Gender
    Female
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Schedule & Results

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Dates and times are in BST.
Time Event Type Sport Event Stage Match
01/08/2012 14:07 Fencing Women's Individual Sabre Round of 32 See Results
01/08/2012 15:02 Fencing Women's Individual Sabre Round of 16 See Results
01/08/2012 15:37 Fencing Women's Individual Sabre Quarterfinal See Results
01/08/2012 18:48 Fencing Women's Individual Sabre Semifinal See Results
01/08/2012 20:26 Medal/Final Fencing Women's Individual Sabre Final See Results

Sofya Velikaya Biography

Velikaya established herself as a gold-medal favorite for London by winning the individual sabre title at the 2011 world championships - beating two-time defending Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis of the United States in the final. She has won three other golds at worlds, all in team competition, and has also won an individual silver (2005) and an individual bronze (2010) in the event. Velikaya will be making her second Olympic appearance and will be looking for redemption after the Beijing Games, where she lost to American Becca Ward in the bronze-medal match by one point. She is ranked No. 1 in the world after being ranked second during the 2010-11 season and third in the two seasons prior to that. In May, Velikaya knocked off another favorite to win gold in London by defeating Olga Kharlan in the final of the Bologna Sabre World Cup. A ballroom dancer as a youngster who didn't begin fencing until she was 13, Velikaya's last name means "great" in Russian.

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
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