Sorokina Valeria Mikhailovna (born March 29, 1984, urban-type settlement of Reshetikha, Volodarsky District, Gorky Region) is a Russian badminton player and Honored Master of Sport of Russia (2010). She is a bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games in women's doubles. She competes for the Dynamo society on behalf of Nizhny Novgorod Region and lives in Nizhny Novgorod.[1]
Sports achievements
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Sorokina won the bronze medal in women's doubles. In the same year, on August 13, 2012, she was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II class.[1]
At the European Championships, Sorokina became champion in 2010 (women's doubles) and won bronze three times: in 2008 and 2012 in women's doubles, and in team competitions in 2009, 2011, and 2013.[2]
At the Russian Championships she won the women's doubles in 2006–2008 and 2010–2013, and the mixed doubles in 2010–2013. She took silver in mixed doubles (2007, 2009) and women's doubles (2009), and bronze in mixed doubles (2006, 2008).[1]
Connection to the Nizhny Novgorod area
Sorokina was born in the urban-type settlement of Reshetikha in Volodarsky District, Gorky Region. She lives in Nizhny Novgorod and competes for the All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Society Dynamo of Nizhny Novgorod Region.[1]
Sources
- dynamo.su — Sorokina Valeria Mikhailovna
- museum.dynamo.su — Sorokina Valeria Mikhailovna