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]

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Violetta Kolobova
Kolobova in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Violetta Vitalyevna Kolobova
Born	(1991-07-27) 27 July 1991 (age 32) 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

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