Valeria Sorokina

Valeria Sorokina
Personal information
Birth nameВалерия Михайловна Сорокина
Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina
CountryRussia
Born (1984-03-29) 29 March 1984 (age 40)
Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (WD) 6 January 2011
11 (XD) 29 March 2012
Medal record
Women's Badminton
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Women's doubles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Manchester Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Herning Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Karlskrona Women's doubles
European Women's Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Warsaw Women's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Esbjerg Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Esbjerg Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Esbjerg Mixed team
BWF profile

Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina (Russian: Валерия Михайловна Сорокина; born 29 March 1984) is a badminton player from Russia.[1] Together with her doubles partner Nina Vislova, she is the only Russian Olympic medalist in badminton.[2]

  1. ^ "СОРОКИНА Валерия Михайловна". infosport.ru (in Russian). Стадион. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. ^ Ewing, Lori (4 August 2012). "Canada's badminton women's doubles team finishes fourth". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2023.