Violetta Khrapina

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]

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]

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]