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VELIKAYA Sofia Alexandrovna

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Fencing

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Updated: 13.10.2024
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ВЕЛИКА Софія Олександрівна
ВЕЛИКАЯ Софья Александровна
VELIKAYA Sofia Alexandrovna

Date and place of birth
08.06.1985
Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, USSR

Citizenship
russian federation

Tax Number
501206963674

Position
Russian fencer
Two-time Olympic champion
Eight-time world champion
14-time European champion
Honored master of sports of russia
Head of the Athletes' Commission of the russian Olympic Committee

Reasons
Participant of the BRICS Sports Games in 2024 in Kazan (russia).
He holds the rank of major and plays for the Central Sports Club of the russian Army (CSKA), which is subordinated to the russian Ministry of Defense.
CSKA regularly provides active assistance to the military and veterans of the so-called "SMO" by purchasing and delivering special equipment, FPV drones, generators and humanitarian supplies to the frontline, conducts military-patriotic education of children and youth, organizes and conducts sports and patriotic events and promotes international cooperation, in particular within the framework of the World War Games project.
Thus, CSKA athletes at international competitions actually represent the armed forces of the aggressor state.
In 2023, she joined the organizing committee of the international festival of intellectual sports "Strong Figures".
She has repeatedly publicly supported putin.
In 2024, during the so-called presidential elections in russia, she was included in the list of putin's confidants.


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