Violetta Bida
Personal information
Native nameВиолетта Владимировна•Храпина[1]
Full nameVioletta Vladimirovna Khrapina Bida
Born (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994
Samara, Russia[1]
Sport
CountryRussia
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
Handleft-handed
ClubAcademy of Fencing Masters; San Jose, California
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 BudapestTeam
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 DüsseldorfTeam

Violetta Vladimirovna Khrapina Bida (Russian: Виолетта Владимировна Храпина; born 18 March 1994) is a Russian Olympic épée fencer.[2] She competed at the 2019 World Fencing Championships, winning a team épée silver medal. She also fenced in 2021 in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She moved to California in the United States in June 2023, along with her husband, Olympic épée fencer Sergey Bida.[3][4]

Early life

She was born in Samara, Russia.[1] She studied at Samara State University and the Smolensk State Academy of Physical Education.[5]

Fencing career

Russia

2010–15

She fenced in Russia with the Samara Fencing Club.[6]

In November 2010 she won the gold medal in the Grenoble Epee Women's U17 Team tournament in France.[7] In 2010/2011, she was ranked 6th in the world in épée among female cadets (U17).[8] In November 2011, she won a silver medal in the Bratislava Fencing World Cup in Slovakia.[8]

In February 2012, she won a silver medal in the Maalot, Israel Fencing World Cup.[8] In November 2012, she won the gold medal in the Bratislava World Cup in Slovakia.[8][9] In December 2012, she won a silver medal in the Uhlmann World Cup in Laupheim, Germany, losing only to Katrina Lehis of Estonia.[8][10] In 2012/2013, she was ranked 5th in the world among juniors (U20).[8]

In February 2013, she won a bronze medal in the Maalot, Israel World Cup.[8] In March 2013, she won a gold medal in épée team at the European Junior Championships.[11] In June 2013, she won a gold medal in épée team at the European U-23 Championships.[11]

In February 2014, she won a silver medal in the Maalot, Israel, World Cup.[8] In April 2014, she won a gold medal in the World Championships Epee Women's U20 Team in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.[7] In May 2014 she won a bronze medal in the Warsaw U23 European Epee Women's Senior Individual tournament in Poland.[7]

In January 2015 she won a silver medal in the Busto Arsizio U23 European Epee Women's Senior Individual tournament in Italy.[7] In October 2015 she won a bronze medal in the Colmar U23 European Epee Women's Senior Individual tournament in France.[7]

2019–23

In January 2019, she won a bronze medal in the Havana World Cup in Cuba in Epee Women's Senior Team.[7] In June 2019, she won a silver medal in the European Championships Epee Women's Senior Team in Düsseldorf, Germany.[7]

She won a silver medal in team épée at the 2019 World Fencing Championships, in July in Budapest, Hungary.[12][7] In November 2019, she won a gold medal in the Tallinn World Cup in Estonia in Epee Women's Senior Team.[7]

She fenced in July 2021 in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, coming in 8th in women's épée team.[13]

United States

Her fencing club is now the Academy of Fencing Masters in the United States.[3]

In June 2023 she left Russia and moved to the United States to embark in a career there, joining the Academy of Fencing Masters in San Jose, California.[3] She will be both coaching and competing in the United States, as will her husband Olympic épée fencer Sergey Bida.[3][8] She and her husband join Konstantin Lokhanov as Olympic fencers who left Russia to go to the United States after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8] In reaction to the emigration of her and her husband to the United States, the Russian Fencing Federation announced its decision to fire Russian national épée team head coach Alexander Glazunov.[14]

In December 2023, Pravda reported that she and her husband were put on the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs "wanted list for escaping to USA."[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Violetta Khrapina". Olympedia.
  2. ↑ "Nach Antrag der Ukraine: Europäischer Verband suspendiert Russland und Belarus". Morgen Post.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Igor Chirashnya (June 21, 2023). "Welcome Sergey Bida to the United States and to AFM!". Academy of Fencing Masters.
  4. ↑ Scherma, Redazione Pianeta (June 22, 2023). "Sergey Bida lascia la Russia e si sposta negli Stati Uniti: sarà Maestro e parteciperà alle gare domestiche USA". Pianeta Scherma.
  5. ↑ "KHRAPINA Violetta", fisu.net.
  6. ↑ "EUROPE FENCING CUP 2018 WOMEN'S EPEE TEAM" (PDF). efcm.eu.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Violetta Khrapina". fencing.ophardt.online.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "KHRAPINA Violetta". The International Fencing Federation.
  9. ↑ Jomantas, Nicole (November 19, 2012). "Anna Van Brummen Wins Silver, Kat Holmes Places Eighth at Bratislava Junior Epee World Cup". USA Fencing.
  10. ↑ "List of results; Uhlmann-Cup Laupheim 15.12.2012 - Junior Epée F Individual," nffu.org.
  11. 1 2 "Violetta Khrapina (Fencing): Prize list and results". the-sports.org.
  12. ↑ "2019 World Fencing Championships ranking". 2019budapestfencing.com.
  13. ↑ "Violetta KHRAPINA," Olympics.com.
  14. ↑ "Тренера сборной России уволят из-за «бегства» шпажистов в США". Sportrbc.ru (in Russian). July 1, 2023.
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