Anna Kulinich-Sorokina

Anna Kulinich-Sorokina

Personal information
Born	(1992-06-27) 27 June 1992 (age 33) Cheboksary, Russia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Disability class	T12, F12
Event(s)	sprint, javelin
Club	Ufa School of Supreme Sports Skill
Coached by	Boris Afanasyev
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing   Neutral Paralympic Athletes Paralympic Games 2024 Paris Javelin throw F13 Representing   RPC 2020 Tokyo 200 m – T12 Representing  Russia Paralympic Games 2012 London Javelin – F12/13 World Championships 2013 Lyon Javelin – F12/13 2015 Doha Javelin – F12/13 2015 Doha 4 × 100 m relay – F11/13 2019 Dubai Javelin – F12/13 European Championships 2014 Swansea Javelin – F12 2014 Swansea 400 m – F12 2014 Swansea 200 m – F12 2016 Grosseto Javelin – F11–13 2016 Grosseto 4 × 100 m relay T11–13 2016 Grosseto 200 m – F12

Anna Kulinich-Sorokina (born 27 June 1992) is a visually impaired Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in T12 classification and F12 classification sprint and javelin throw events. ^[1]

Biography

She was born on June 27, 1992 in Cheboksary. Her father, Yuri Florovich Sorokin, is a native of the village of Verkhniye Tatmyshi in the Alikovsky District of Chuvashia. ^[2] .

Anna is a pupil of the athletics section of Cheboksary special (correctional) Secondary school for the Blind and Visually impaired ^[3] : She joined the section in 2004, at the age of 12. ^[4] . Graduated from Bashkir Institute of Physical Culture (Uralgufc branch) ^[2] .

Sports results

• Olympics
  • Silver London 2012 javelin throw
  • Bronze Tokyo 2020 200 m
  • Silver Paris 2024 javelin throw

• 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
  • Gold javelin throw

• 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships, Swansea
  • Gold javelin throw
  • Bronze 200 m
  • Silver 400 m

• Among juniors
  • U14 World Athletics Championships (2005)
    • long jump —
    • 60 m —
    • 200 m —
  • European Junior Championships (2006)
    • long jump —
    • 400 m —
    • 800 m —

Awards and titles

• Order of Friendship (October 21, 2024) — for his great contribution to the development of national sports, high sporting achievements, the will to win, perseverance and determination shown at the XVII Paralympic Summer Games in 2024 in Paris (France) ^[5] .
• Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (September 10, 2012) — for his great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high sporting achievements at the XIV Paralympic Summer Games 2012 in London (Great Britain) ^[6] .
• Honored Master of Sports of Russia (2012) ^[7] .

Family

• Her husband, Ivan Kulinich, is a massage therapist for the Russian national athletics team ^[8] .
  • Daughter — Sofia ^[8] .

Notes

1. "Kulinich-Sorokina, Anna". paralympic.org. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
2. "Урок мужества с серебряным призером Паралимпийских игр в Лондоне 2012 года Анной Сорокиной". Ефремкасинское сельское поселение Аликовского района Чувашской Республики. 2 September 2014.
3. Скородумов Н. Г. "Сорокина Анна Юрьевна". Электронная Чувашская энциклопедия .
5. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 21.10.2024 № 898 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов". publication.pravo.gov.ru (in Russian). 21 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
6. Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 10 сентября 2012 года № 1281 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» Archived 2014-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Приказ Министра спорта Российской Федерации от 5 октября 2012 года № 22-нг «О присвоении почетного спортивного звания „Заслуженный мастер спорта России"»". Министерство спорта Российской Федерации.
8. Шафикова Лилия. (3 January 2018). "«Вся Уфа» побывала в гостях у призера Паралимпийских игр Анны Кулинич-Сорокиной". Телекомпания «Вся Уфа».

External links

• Anna Kulinich-Sorokina at the International Paralympic Committee
• Anna Kulinich-Sorokina at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)