Valeria Sorokina

Valeria Sorokina

Personal information
Born	Валерия Михайловна Сорокина Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina (1984-03-29) 29 March 1984 Reshetikha, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Badminton
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4 (WD with Nina Vislova, 6 January 2011) 11 (XD with Aleksandr Nikolaenko, 29 March 2012)
BWF profile
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 2001 Spała Mixed team 2003 Esbjerg Mixed doubles 2003 Esbjerg Mixed team

Valeria Mihailovna Sorokina (Russian: Валерия Михайловна Сорокина; born 29 March 1984) is a Russian badminton player.^[1] She specialized in both the women's and mixed doubles, achieving her career-high ranking of world number 4 in women's doubles in early 2011. Her most significant career milestone occurred at the 2012 London Olympics, where she and her longtime partner, Nina Vislova, captured the bronze medal in the women's doubles. The duo became the only Russian Olympic medalist in badminton.^[2]

Sorokina was a dominant force in European badminton for over a decade. Her journey began with a stellar performance at the 2003 European Junior Championships, where she won the gold medal in girls' doubles and two bronze medals in mixed doubles and the team event. This excellence translated to the senior level, where she secured the gold medal at the 2010 European Championships and earned multiple bronze medals in the same competition in 2008 and 2012. Throughout her career, she also claimed several titles on the BWF Grand Prix circuit, including multiple wins at the Russian Open and the Dutch Open alongside partners such as Nina Vislova and Aleksandr Nikolaenko; as well amassed a remarkable total of nine titles at the Russian National Championships. Her contributions to the sport have solidified her legacy as one of Russia's most successful and was awarded the second class of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".^[3]

Sorokina won the gold medal at the 2010 European Badminton Championships and bronze medals in 2008 and 2012 in the women's doubles with Nina Vislova.^[4][5] In her home country, she won seven national titles before 2013.

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.^[6]

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

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Nina Vislova	Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	19–21, 20–22	Bronze
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Nina Vislova	Petya Nedelcheva Anastasia Russkikh	21–18, 21–14	Gold
2012	Telenor Arena, Karlskrona, Sweden	Nina Vislova	Line Damkjær Kruse Marie Røpke	20–22, 21–13, 12–21	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2003	Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark	Nina Vislova	Therésè Nawrath Birgit Overzier	5–11, 11–5, 11–0	Gold	[7]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2003	Esbjerg Badminton Center, Esbjerg, Denmark	Anton Nazarenko	Marc Zwiebler Birgit Overzier	9–11, 9–11	Bronze	[7]

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	U.S. Open	Vitalij Durkin	Sergey Ivlev Nina Vislova	21–15, 15–21, 21–16	Runner-up
2008	Russian Open	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2009	Russian Open	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Dutch Open	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	13–21, 21–16, 21–12	Winner
2010	Russian Open	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	8–21, 21–14, 21–16	Winner
2010	Dutch Open	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	22–20, 21–9	Winner
2011	Russian Open	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Shintaro Ikeda Reiko Shiota	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2012	Russian Open	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	21–19, 21–17	Winner
2016	Russian Open	Vladimir Ivanov	Pranav Chopra N. Sikki Reddy	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Russian International	Nina Vislova	Irina Ruslyakova Anastasia Russkikh	2–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2005	Swedish International	Nina Vislova	Noriko Okuma Miyuki Tai	2–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2005	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Ella Karachkova Marina Yakusheva	2–15, 15–8, 15–5	Winner
2005	Scottish International	Nina Vislova	Elin Bergblom Johanna Persson	15–5, 15–10	Winner
2006	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Cai Jiani Yu Qi	12–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2006	Belgian International	Nina Vislova	Elena Shimko Marina Yakusheva	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2006	Polish International	Nina Vislova	Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	21–14, 12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2006	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	21–10, 18–21, 21–14	Winner
2006	Scottish International	Nina Vislova	Elena Shimko Marina Yakusheva	20–22, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2007	Bulgarian International	Nina Vislova	Lim Pek Siah Haw Chiou Hwee	16–21, 21–13, 21–5	Winner
2007	Norwegian International	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	14–21, 22–20, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	Scottish International	Nina Vislova	Mariana Agathangelou Gabrielle White	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2007	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	15–21, 24–26	Runner-up
2008	European Circuit Finals	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	21–19, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Ekaterina Ananina Anastasia Russkikh	12–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Belgian International	Nina Vislova	Rachel van Cutsen Paulien van Dooremalen	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2008	Bulgarian International	Nina Vislova	Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg	21–16, 21–6	Winner
2008	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Emelie Lennartsson Emma Wengberg	23–21, 21–14	Winner
2009	Finnish International	Nina Vislova	Sandra Marinello Birgit Overzier	16–21, 21–12, 21–13	Winner
2009	Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse	Nina Vislova	Laura Choinet Weny Rahmawati	21–12, 15–21, 21–9	Winner
2009	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Anastasia Prokopenko Anastasia Russkikh	21–19, 13–21, 21–17	Winner
2009	Welsh International	Nina Vislova	Anita Raj Kaur Joanne Quay	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2009	Scottish Open	Nina Vislova	Mariana Agathangelou Emma Mason	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2010	White Nights	Nina Vislova	Petya Nedelcheva Anastasia Russkikh	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2011	Dutch International	Nina Vislova	Lotte Jonathans Paulien van Dooremalen	24–22, 21–12	Winner
2011	Czech International	Nina Vislova	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2011	Italian International	Nina Vislova	Sandra Marinello Birgit Michels	21–14, 21–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Russian International	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Tatjana Bibik	15–7, 15–13	Winner
2005	Italian International	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Marina Yakusheva	10–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2006	Italian International	Vitalij Durkin	Peter Steffensen Mette Schjoldager	20–22, 12–21	Runner-up
2006	Belgian International	Vitalij Durkin	Svetoslav Stoyanov Élodie Eymard	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2006	Polish International	Vitalij Durkin	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	4–21, 21–9, 13–21	Runner-up
2006	Scottish International	Vitalij Durkin	Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	22–20, 21–11	Winner
2007	Austrian International	Vitalij Durkin	Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	21–14, 22–20	Winner
2007	Norwegian International	Vitalij Durkin	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	15–21, 21–13, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Italian International	Vitalij Durkin	Aleksandr Nikolaenko Nina Vislova	15–21, 21–18, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	Welsh International	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Scottish Open	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Raj Veeran Renuga Veeran	21–11, 21–16	Winner
2011	Dutch International	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Mikkel Delbo Larsen Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen	13–21, 12–11 retired	Winner
2011	Czech International	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Gert Künka Amanda Högström	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2011	Italian International	Aleksandr Nikolaenko	Vitalij Durkin Nina Vislova	13–21, 21–18, 21–17	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

• Valeria Sorokina at BWFBadminton.com
• Valeria Sorokina at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (archived)
• Valeria Sorokina at Olympedia
• Valeria Sorokina at Olympics.com