Sofya Berultseva Explained

Birth Date:2000 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Country:Kazakhstan
Sport:Karate
Event:Kumite
Team:Kazakhstan

Sofya Berultseva (born 6 November 2000) is a Kazakhstani Professional karateka Olympic bronze medallist, she represents Kazakhstan internationally at Kumite (Karate) events.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] [4]

In December 2021, Berultseva won the silver medal in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[5] [6] She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event.[6]

Berultseva won the gold medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States.[7] [8] She defeated María Torres of Spain in her gold medal match.[8] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey.[9] [10]

In 2023, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[11]

Achievements

Competition Records
YEARCOMPETITIONVENUERANK/POSITIONEVENT
2021Karate 1 Premier LeagueLisbon Participate Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2021Karate 1 Premier LeagueIstanbul Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020Karate 1 Premier LeagueSalzburg Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020Karate 1 Premier LeagueDubai 5th Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020Karate 1 Premier LeagueParis ParticipateFemale 68+ Kg Kumite
2020Karate 1 Series ASantiago 5thFemale 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueMadrid Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueMoscow Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Series ASantiago 5thFemale 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueTokyo ParticipateFemale 68+ Kg Kumite
201916th Senior Asian Karate ChampionshipTashkent Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Series AMontreal Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueShanghai Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Series AIstanbul Female 68+ Kg Kumite
201918th Cadet, Junior and Under21 Asian Karate ChampionshipKota Kinabalu U-21 Kumite Female 68+ Kg
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueRabat ParticipateFemale 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Series ASalzburg Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019Karate 1 Premier LeagueDubai ParticipateFemale 68+ Kg Kumite
2018Karate 1 Youth LeagueSofia ParticipateJunior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
201710th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsTenerife Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg  
201716th Asian Cadet, Junior & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsAstana Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
201710th WKF Training Camp & Karate 1 Youth CupUmag Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
201615th Asian Cadet, Junior & Under 21 Karate ChampionshipsJakarta Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg

Notes and References

  1. News: World Karate Profile and Rank . Sportdata . dead . 3 December 2021 . 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 .
  2. News: Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 . World Karate Federation (WKF) News .
  3. Web site: 2021-08-07 . Feryal Abdelaziz reaches karate final to guarantee another Tokyo 2020 medal for Egypt . 2021-08-07 . Arab News . en.
  4. Web site: Karate Results Book . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf . 10 August 2021 . 10 August 2021 . 2020 Summer Olympics.
  5. News: Burke. Patrick. 22 December 2021. Japan top medal table at Asian Karate Championships in Almaty. InsideTheGames.biz. 22 December 2021.
  6. Web site: 2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222173136/https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/ausschreibungen/449/ResultBook.pdf. 22 December 2021. 22 December 2021. Sportdata.org.
  7. News: New Karate heroes crowned at The World Games 2022 . 10 July 2022 . World Karate Federation . live . 10 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710090554/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karate-the-world-games-2022/1990 . 10 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220710164133/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Karate.pdf . 10 July 2022 . 10 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  9. News: Berkeley . Geoff . 18 August 2022 . Chusovitina, 47, rolls back years with vault gold on final day of Islamic Solidarity Games . InsideTheGames.biz . 20 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Karate Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220820111044/https://cdn.sportdata.org/4a055a1d-b83c-4a7b-a18a-80a801a00820/ . 20 August 2022 . 21 August 2022 . 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org.
  11. Web site: 2023 World Karate Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029174223/https://cdn.sportdata.org/543dcb8c-0cba-4652-a6cf-cbde494cd953/ . 29 October 2023 . 30 October 2023 . Sportdata.org.

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