Sofya Berultseva

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Sofya Berultseva (born 6 November 2000) is a Kazakhstani Professional karateka Olympic bronze medallist, she represents Kazakhstan internationally at Kumite (Karate) events.{{Cite news |last= |first= |url=http://accreditation.qtixx.com/wkfranking/ranking_main_competitor.php?ranking_country=KAZ&ranking_competitor=KAZ2140&ranking_competitor_name=BERULTSEVA%20SOFYA |title=World Karate Profile and Rank |work=Sportdata |access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203064858/http://accreditation.qtixx.com/wkfranking/ranking_main_competitor.php?ranking_country=KAZ&ranking_competitor=KAZ2140&ranking_competitor_name=BERULTSEVA%20SOFYA }} She won a bronze medal in her event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2021 World Karate Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Career

Berultseva has won several medals at Asian Karate Championships (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 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She did not qualify at this tournament but she was able to qualify via Continental representation soon after.

Berultseva gained a bronze medal for Kazakhstan in Women’s +61 Kg Kumite Category at the Karate competition of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite news |last= |first= |url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/olympians-confirmed-karates-olympic-debut/1598 |title=Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 |work=World Karate Federation (WKF) News |access-date= }} Feryal Abdelaziz 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.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-07 |title=Feryal Abdelaziz reaches karate final to guarantee another Tokyo 2020 medal for Egypt |url=https://arab.news/rfxmf |access-date=2021-08-07 |website=Arab News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=10 August 2021 |access-date=10 August 2021 |website=2020 Summer Olympics}}

In December 2021, Berultseva won the silver medal in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.{{Cite news|last=Burke|first=Patrick|date=22 December 2021|title=Japan top medal table at Asian Karate Championships in Almaty|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117171/japan-asian-karate-champs-2021|access-date=22 December 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book|url=https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222173136/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf|archive-date=22 December 2021|access-date=22 December 2021|website=Sportdata.org}} 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 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.{{Cite news |title=New Karate heroes crowned at The World Games 2022 |date=10 July 2022 |work=World Karate Federation |url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 |url-status=live |archive-date=10 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710090554/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 |access-date=10 July 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2022 |access-date=10 July 2022 |website=2022 World Games}} She defeated María Torres of Spain in her gold medal match. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.{{Cite news |last=Berkeley |first=Geoff |date=18 August 2022 |title=Chusovitina, 47, rolls back years with vault gold on final day of Islamic Solidarity Games |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1127106/chusovitina-wins-vault-gold-konya-2021 |access-date=20 August 2022}}{{Cite web |title=Karate Results Book |url=https://cdn.sportdata.org/4a055a1d-b83c-4a7b-a18a-80a801a00820/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820111044/https://cdn.sportdata.org/4a055a1d-b83c-4a7b-a18a-80a801a00820/ |archive-date=20 August 2022 |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org}}

In 2023, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite web |title=2023 World Karate Championships Results Book |url=https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ |archive-date=29 October 2023 |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=Sportdata.org}}

Achievements

YEAR ! COMPETITION ! VENUE ! RANK/POSITION ! EVENT
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2021	Karate 1 Premier League	Lisbon {{flagIOC\|POR\|2020 Summer}}	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2021	Karate 1 Premier League	Istanbul {{flagIOC\|TUR\|2020 Summer}}	{{gold medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020	Karate 1 Premier League	Salzburg {{flagIOC\|AUT\|2020 Summer}}	{{bronze medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020	Karate 1 Premier League	Dubai {{flagIOC\|UAE\|2020 Summer}}	5th	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020	Karate 1 Premier League	Paris {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2020 Summer}}	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020	Karate 1 Series A	Santiago {{flagIOC\|CHI\|2020 Summer}}	5th	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Madrid {{flagIOC\|ESP\|2020 Summer}}	{{gold medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Moscow {{flagIOC\|ROC\|2020 Summer}}	{{bronze medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Series A	Santiago {{flagIOC\|CHI\|2020 Summer}}	5th	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Tokyo {{flagIOC\|ROC\|2020 Summer}}	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent {{flagIOC\|UZB\|2020 Summer}}	{{silver medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Series A	Montreal {{flagIOC\|CAN\|2020 Summer}}	{{bronze medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Shanghai {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2020 Summer}}	{{gold medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Series A	Istanbul {{flagIOC\|TUR\|2020 Summer}}	{{bronze medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	18th Cadet, Junior and Under21 Asian Karate Championship	Kota Kinabalu {{flagIOC\|MAS\|2020 Summer}}	{{silver medal}}	U-21 Kumite Female 68+ Kg
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Rabat {{flagIOC\|MAR\|2020 Summer}}	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Series A	Salzburg {{flagIOC\|AUT\|2020 Summer}}	{{bronze medal}}	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Dubai {{flagIOC\|UAE\|2020 Summer}}	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2018	Karate 1 Youth League	Sofia {{flagIOC\|BUL\|2020 Summer}}	Participate	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
2017	10th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate Championships	Tenerife {{flagIOC\|ESP\|2020 Summer}}	{{gold medal}}	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
2017	16th Asian Cadet, Junior & Under 21 Karate Championships	Astana {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|2020 Summer}}	{{gold medal}}	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
2017	10th WKF Training Camp & Karate 1 Youth Cup	Umag {{flagIOC\|CRO\|2020 Summer}}	{{bronze medal}}	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
2016	15th Asian Cadet, Junior & Under 21 Karate Championships	Jakarta {{flagIOC\|INA\|2020 Summer}}	{{gold medal}}	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg