Valeria Sorokina

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]

Valeria Sorokina
Personal information
Birth name	Валерия Михайловна Сорокина Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina
Country	Russia
Born	(1984-03-29) 29 March 1984 (age 41) Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4 (WD) 6 January 2011 11 (XD) 29 March 2012
Medal record Women's Badminton Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2012 London Women's doubles European Championships 2010 Manchester Women's doubles 2008 Herning Women's doubles 2012 Karlskrona Women's doubles European Women's Team Championships 2010 Warsaw Women's team European Junior Championships 2003 Esbjerg Girls' doubles 2003 Esbjerg Mixed doubles 2003 Esbjerg Mixed team
BWF profile

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.^[3][4] 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.^[5]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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
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
2003	Esbjerg, Denmark	Nina Vislova	Therésè Nawrath Birgit Overzier	5-11, 11-5, 11-0[6]	Gold

Mixed Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Esbjerg, Denmark	Anton Nazarenko	Marc Zwiebler Birgit Overzier	9-11, 9-11[6]	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.

Valeria Sorokina at 2007 Dutch Open

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	U.S. Open	Nina Vislova	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	19-21, 17-21	Runner-up
2012	Russian Open	Nina Vislova	Tatjana Bibik Anastasia Chervaykova	Walkover	Winner
2011	Russian Open	Nina Vislova	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	22-20, 21-18	Winner
2010	Dutch Open	Nina Vislova	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	21-19, 21-19	Winner
2010	Russian Open	Nina Vislova	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	21-18, 21-18	Winner
2009	Dutch Open	Nina Vislova	Sandra Marinello Birgit Overzier	21-13, 21-17	Winner
2009	Russian Open	Nina Vislova	Tatjana Bibik Olga Golovanova	21-8, 22-20	Winner
2008	Russian Open	Nina Vislova	Petya Nedelcheva Dimitria Popstoykova	21-18, 21-8	Winner
2007	Dutch Open	Nina Vislova	Anastasia Russkikh Ekaterina Ananina	22-20, 15-21, 13-21	Runner-up
2006	Bulgaria Open	Nina Vislova	Meiliana Jauhari Purwati	10-21, 9-21	Runner-up
2006	U.S. Open	Nina Vislova	Marina Yakusheva Ella Karachkova	21-15, 21-18	Winner
2005	Russian Open	Nina Vislova	Anna Larchenko Ekaterina Ananina	15-11, 15-8	Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
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

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Sandra Marinello Birgit Michels	21-14, 21-9	Winner
2011	Czech International	Nina Vislova	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	21-10, 21-16	Winner
2011	Dutch International	Nina Vislova	Paulien van Dooremalen Lotte Jonathans	24-22, 21-12	Winner
2010	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Petya Nedelcheva Anastasia Russkikh	21-17, 21-15	Winner
2009	Scottish Open	Nina Vislova	Mariana Agathangelou Emma Mason	21-16, 21-16	Winner
2009	Welsh International	Nina Vislova	Anita Raj Kaur Joanne Swee Ling Quay	21-14, 21-16	Winner
2009	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Anastasia Prokopenko Anastasia Russkikh	21-19, 13-21, 21-17	Winner
2009	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Nina Vislova	Laura Choinet Weny Rahmawati	21-12, 15-21, 21-9	Winner
2009	Finnish International	Nina Vislova	Sandra Marinello Birgit Overzier	16-21, 21-12, 21-13	Winner
2008	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg	23–21, 21–14	Winner
2008	Bulgarian International	Nina Vislova	Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg	21–16, 21–6	Winner
2008	Belgian International	Nina Vislova	Rachel van Cutsen Paulien van Dooremalen	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2008	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	21–19, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Anastasia Russkikh Ekaterina Ananina	15–21, 24–26	Runner-up
2007	Scottish International	Nina Vislova	Gabrielle White Mariana Agathangelou	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2007	Norwegian International	Nina Vislova	Anastasia Russkikh Ekaterina Ananina	14–21, 22–20, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	Bulgarian International	Nina Vislova	Lim Pek Siah Haw Chiou Hwee	16–21, 21–13, 21–5	Winner
2007	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Anastasia Russkikh Ekaterina Ananina	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2006	Scottish International	Nina Vislova	Marina Yakusheva Elena Shimko	20-22, 13-21	Runner-up
2006	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	21-10, 18-21, 21-14	Winner
2006	Polish International	Nina Vislova	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	21-14, 12-21, 18-21	Runner-up
2006	Belgian International	Nina Vislova	Marina Yakusheva Elena Shimko	13-21, 13-21	Runner-up
2006	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Cai Jiani Yu Qi	12-21, 16-21	Runner-up
2005	Scottish International	Nina Vislova	Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson	15-5, 15-10	Winner
2005	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Ella Karachkova Marina Yakusheva	2-15, 15-8, 15-5	Winner
2005	Swedish International	Nina Vislova	Miyuki Tai Noriko Okuma	2-15, 4-15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Italian International	Alexandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	13-21, 21-18, 21-17	Winner
2011	Czech International	Alexandr Nikolaenko	Gert Kunka Amanda Hogstrom	21-15, 21-12	Winner
2011	Dutch International	Alexandr Nikolaenko	Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjott-Kristensen	13-21, 12-11 Retired	Winner
2009	Scottish Open	Alexandr Nikolaenko	Raj Veeran Renuga Veeran	21-11, 21-16	Winner
2009	Welsh International	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	13-21, 13-21	Runner-up
2007	Italian International	Vitalij Durkin	Alexandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	15-21, 21-18, 16-21	Runner-up
2007	Norwegian International	Vitalij Durkin	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	15-21, 21-13, 15-21	Runner-up
2007	Austrian International	Vitalij Durkin	Alexandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	21-14, 22-20	Winner
2006	Scottish International	Vitalij Durkin	Alexandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	22-20, 21-11	Winner
2006	Polish International	Vitalij Durkin	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	4-21, 21-9, 13-21	Runner-up
2006	Belgian International	Vitalij Durkin	Svetoslav Stoyanov Elodie Eymard	21-14, 21-13	Winner
2006	Italian International	Vitalij Durkin	Peter Steffensen Mette Schjoldager	20-22, 12-21	Runner-up
2005	Italian International	Alexandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Marina Yakusheva	10-15, 9-15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament