Sofya Velikaya

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Sofiya Velikaya
Velikaya at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya
Born	(1985-06-08) 8 June 1985 (age 39) Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	Right-handed
National coach	Dmitry Glotov[1]
Club	Russian Central Sports Army Club and MGFSO[1]
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Representing ROC Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team sabre 2020 Tokyo Individual sabre Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team sabre 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual sabre 2012 London Individual sabre World Championships 2004 New York Team sabre 2010 Paris Team sabre 2011 Catania Individual sabre 2011 Catania Team sabre 2012 Kyiv Team sabre 2015 Moscow Individual sabre 2015 Moscow Team sabre 2019 Budapest Team sabre 2005 Leipzig Individual sabre 2005 Leipzig Team sabre 2018 Wuxi Individual sabre 2018 Wuxi Team sabre 2019 Budapest Individual sabre 2006 Turin Team sabre 2007 St.Petersburg Team sabre 2010 Paris Individual sabre European Championships 2003 Bourges Team sabre 2004 Copenhagen Team sabre 2006 İzmir Individual sabre 2006 İzmir Team sabre 2008 Kiev Individual sabre 2012 Legnano Team sabre 2014 Strasbourg Team sabre 2015 Montreux Individual sabre 2015 Montreux Team sabre 2016 Toruń Individual sabre 2016 Toruń Team sabre 2018 Novi Sad Individual sabre 2018 Novi Sad Team sabre 2019 Düsseldorf Team sabre 2005 Zalaegerszeg Individual sabre 2005 Zalaegerszeg Team sabre 2007 Ghent Individual sabre 2009 Plovdiv Team sabre 2010 Leipzig Individual sabre 2010 Leipzig Team sabre 2007 Ghent Team sabre 2011 Sheffield Team sabre 2019 Düsseldorf Individual sabre Military World Games 2019 Wuhan Team sabre Summer Universiade 2005 İzmir Individual sabre 2005 İzmir Team sabre 2003 Daegu Team sabre

Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya (Russian: Софья Александровна Великая, IPA: [ˈsofʲjə vʲɪˈlʲikəjə]; born 8 June 1985) is a Russian sabre fencer.^[2]

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.