Sofya Berultseva (born 6 November 2000) is a

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tani Professional karateka Olympic bronze medallist, she represents Kazakhstan internationally at Kumite (Karate) events. She won a bronze medal in her event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan and the

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in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Career

Berultseva has won several medals at

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(Continental Championship) in individual kumite category and she also won several medals, including gold, silver and bronze medals, in the World Karate Federation Karate 1 Leagues and Series Championships. In 2021, she won gold medal in the Karate 1 Premier League Karate Championships held at Istanbul, Turkey. Berultseva competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for

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. She did not qualify at this tournament but she was able to qualify via Continental representation soon after. Berultseva gained a bronze medal for

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in Women’s +61 Kg Kumite Category at the Karate competition of the

Feryal Abdelaziz Feryal Ashraf Abdelaziz (born 16 February 1999) is an Egyptian karateka and the first female Egyptian to have won a gold medal at the Olympic Games. She won the gold medal in the Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +61 kg, women's +61 ...

beat her, 5:4, to claim a place in the gold medal event against Azerbaijan’s Irina Zaretska. Berultseva however was guaranteed a bronze medal as peculiarly karate does not have a third place play-off match and the losing semi finalists both get a bronze medal. In December 2021, Berultseva won the silver medal in her event at the

held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event. Berultseva won the gold medal in the women's +68 kg event at the

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held in Birmingham, United States. She defeated

María Torres María Torres García (born 22 July 1997) is a Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's +68kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. She won the silver medal in the women's +68kg event a ...

of Spain in her gold medal match. She also won the gold medal in her event at the

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held in Konya, Turkey. In 2023, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary.

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