Sofya Velikaya

Sofiya Velikaya
	Velikaya at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya
Nationality	Russian
Born	8 June 1985; Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Fencing career
Sport	Fencing
Country	Russia
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	Right-handed
National coach	Dmitry Glotov
Club	Russian Central Sports Army Club and MGFSO
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record
Representing ROC
Olympic Games
Representing Russia
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Military World Games
Summer Universiade

Sofiya Aleksandrovna Velikaya (Russian: Софья Александровна Великая, IPA: [ˈsofʲjə vʲɪˈlʲikəjə]; born 8 June 1985) is a Russian sabre fencer.

Velikaya is a former European champion (four-time individual, six-time team), world champion (two-time individual, six-time team), and two-time Olympic team champion. She competed in the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 Olympics, and is a three-time individual silver medalist.

She dedicated her team's 2016 Olympic gold medal to those Russians who had been banned for doping. In January 2024, Velikaya was included in the list of proxies of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin in the 2024 Russian presidential election.