Violetta Kolobova
Kolobova in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Violetta Vitalyevna Kolobova
Born	(1991-07-27) 27 July 1991 Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Nationality	Russian
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Épée
Hand	Right-handed
Club	Dynamo Moscow
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Women's épée fencing Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team épée World Championships 2013 Budapest Team épée 2014 Kazan Team épée 2019 Budapest Team épée European Championships 2012 Legnano Team épée 2015 Montreux Individual épée 2017 Tbilisi Individual épée 2011 Sheffield Team épée 2014 Strasbourg Team épée 2017 Tbilisi Team épée 2019 Düsseldorf Team épée 2018 Novi Sad Individual épée

Violetta Vitalyevna Kolobova (Russian: Виолетта Витальевна Колобова; born 27 July 1991) is a Russian right-handed épée fencer, 2012 team European champion, two-time individual European champion, two-time team world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2016 team Olympic bronze medalist.^[1]

Biography

Kolobova took up fencing in 2001, encouraged by her mother.^[2] She married fellow Russian Olympian Roman Vlasov in 2019.^[2]

Medal Record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Team Women's Épée	3rd[3]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2013	Budapest, Hungary	Team Women's Épée	1st[4]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Women's Épée	1st[5]
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team Women's Épée	2nd[6]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2011	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Team Women's Épée	2nd[7]
2012	Legnano, Italy	Team Women's Épée	1st[8]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team Women's Épée	2nd[9]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Individual Women's Épée	1st[10]
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Individual Women's Épée	1st[11]
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Team Women's Épée	2nd[12]
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[13]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Team Women's Épée	2nd[14]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
01/15/2010	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[15]
12/09/2016	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[16]
01/25/2019	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[17]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
02/07/2014	Leipzig, Germany	Individual Women's Épée	1st[18]
05/16/2014	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[19]
01/23/2015	Barcelona, Spain	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[20]
05/01/2015	Johannesburg, South Africa	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[21]
10/23/2015	Legnano, Italy	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[22]
02/12/2016	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Women's Épée	1st[23]
10/21/2016	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[24]
05/04/2018	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[25]
05/17/2019	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[26]
11/01/2019	Tallinn, Estonia	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[27]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Violetta Kolobova.

• Violetta Kolobova at the International Fencing Federation
• Violetta Kolobova at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
• Violetta Kolobova at the Russian Fencing Federation (in Russian) (in English) (archive)
• Violetta Kolobova at Olympics.com
• Violetta Kolobova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)