Sofya Berultseva

Sofya Berultseva

Berultseva in 2022
Personal information
Born	(2000-11-06) 6 November 2000 (age 24) Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Sport
Country	Kazakhstan
Sport	Karate
Event	Kumite
Team	Kazakhstan
Medal record Women's karate Representing   Kazakhstan Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Kumite +61 kg World Championships 2021 Dubai Kumite +68 kg World Games 2022 Birmingham Kumite +68 kg Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Kumite +68 kg Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Kumite +68 kg Asian Championships 2022 Tashkent Team kumite 2023 Malacca Kumite +68 kg 2025 Tashkent Kumite +68 kg 2019 Tashkent Kumite +68 kg 2021 Almaty Kumite +68 kg 2022 Tashkent Kumite +68 kg 2025 Tashkent Team kumite 2021 Almaty Team kumite

Sofya Berultseva (born 6 November 2000) ^[1] is a Kazakhstani Professional karateka Olympic bronze medallist, she represents Kazakhstan internationally at Kumite (Karate) events. ^[2] 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. ^[3] 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. ^{[4] [5]}

In December 2021, Berultseva won the silver medal in her event at the Asian Karate Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. ^{[6] [7]} She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's team kumite event. ^[7]

Berultseva won the gold medal in the women's +68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. ^{[8] [9]} She defeated María Torres of Spain in her gold medal match. ^[9] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Konya, Turkey. ^{[10] [11]}

In 2023, she lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68 kg event at the World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. ^[12] She also lost her bronze medal match in the women's +68 kg event at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China. ^[1]

Achievements

Competition Records

YEAR	COMPETITION	VENUE	RANK/POSITION	EVENT
2021	Karate 1 Premier League	Lisbon   Portugal	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2021	Karate 1 Premier League	Istanbul   Turkey	Gold	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020	Karate 1 Premier League	Salzburg   Austria	Bronze	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020	Karate 1 Premier League	Dubai   United Arab Emirates	5th	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020	Karate 1 Premier League	Paris   France	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2020	Karate 1 Series A	Santiago   Chile	5th	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Madrid   Spain	Gold	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Moscow   ROC	Bronze	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Series A	Santiago   Chile	5th	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Tokyo   ROC	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	16th Senior Asian Karate Championship	Tashkent   Uzbekistan	Silver	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Series A	Montreal   Canada	Bronze	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Shanghai   China	Gold	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Series A	Istanbul   Turkey	Bronze	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	18th Cadet, Junior and Under21 Asian Karate Championship	Kota Kinabalu   Malaysia	Silver	U-21 Kumite Female 68+ Kg
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Rabat   Morocco	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Series A	Salzburg   Austria	Bronze	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2019	Karate 1 Premier League	Dubai   United Arab Emirates	Participate	Female 68+ Kg Kumite
2018	Karate 1 Youth League	Sofia   Bulgaria	Participate	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
2017	10th World Junior, Cadet & Under 21 Karate Championships	Tenerife   Spain	Gold	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
2017	16th Asian Cadet, Junior & Under 21 Karate Championships	Astana   Kazakhstan	Gold	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
2017	10th WKF Training Camp & Karate 1 Youth Cup	Umag   Croatia	Bronze	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg
2016	15th Asian Cadet, Junior & Under 21 Karate Championships	Jakarta   Indonesia	Gold	Junior Kumite Female 59+ Kg

References

1. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2025 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
2. "World Karate Profile and Rank". Sportdata. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021.
3. "Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation (WKF) News.
4. "Feryal Abdelaziz reaches karate final to guarantee another Tokyo 2020 medal for Egypt". Arab News. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
5. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
6. Burke, Patrick (22 December 2021). "Japan top medal table at Asian Karate Championships in Almaty". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 22 December 2021.
7. "2021 Asian Karate Championships Results Book" (PDF). Sportdata.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
8. "New Karate heroes crowned at The World Games 2022". World Karate Federation. 10 July 2022. Archived from the original on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
9. "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
10. Berkeley, Geoff (18 August 2022). "Chusovitina, 47, rolls back years with vault gold on final day of Islamic Solidarity Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
11. "Karate Results Book". 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games – sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
12. "2023 World Karate Championships Results Book". Sportdata.org. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

External links

• Sofya Berultseva at the World Karate Federation ( alternate link )
• Sofya Berultseva at Olympics.com
• Sofya Berultseva at Olympedia
• Sofya Berultseva at the International World Games Association
• Sofya Berultseva on Instagram