Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina (russian: Валерия Михайловна Сорокина; born 29 March 1984) is a

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player from

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. Together with her doubles partner

Nina Vislova Nina Gennadyevna Vislova (russian: Нина Геннадьевна Вислова; born 4 October 1986) is a badminton player from Russia. Along with her doubles partner Valeria Sorokina, Vislova is the first Russian Olympic medalist in badminton ...

, she is the first Russian Olympic medalist in badminton.

Career

She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships and bronze medals in

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and

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in women's doubles with

. In her home country Russia she won seven national titles before 2013.

Achievements

Olympic Games

She played in women's doubles discipline with

and finished in third place after winning bronze medal match against Canadian women's doubles players,

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and Li with 21-9, 21-10. ''Women's doubles''

European Championships

''Women's Doubles''

European Junior Championships

''Girls' Doubles'' ''Mixed Doubles''

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

''Women's Doubles'' ''Mixed Doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

References

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