Ekaterina Prokofyeva

Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva (Russian: Екатерина Валерьевна Прокофьева; born March 13, 1991) is a Russian water polo player.[1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Russian national team in the Women's event winning the bronze medal.[2] She had previously competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]

Ekaterina Prokofyeva
Personal information
Full name Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva
Born (1991-03-13) March 13, 1991
Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union
Nationality  Russia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Centre forward
Club information
Current team Kinef-Surgutneftegaz Kirishi
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2009 RomeTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 ShanghaiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 BudapestTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 Malaga
Gold medal – first place2010 Zagreb
Silver medal – second place2020 Budapest
FINA World Cup
Silver medal – second place2018 Surgut
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place2008 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Silver medal – second place2013 Beijing
Bronze medal – third place2017 Shanghai
Bronze medal – third place2018 Kunshan
Bronze medal – third place2019 Budapest
Bronze medal – third place2021 Athens
LEN Europa Cup
Silver medal – second place2019 Turin
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2013 KazanTeam

She also competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan where she won the gold medal.

Prokofyeva was named Best Female Player of the Year at the 2018 Total Player Awards.[4]

Club honours

See also

References
  1. "Ekaterina Prokofyeva shares her skills and drills to help young athletes". total-waterpolo.com. March 8, 2018.
  2. "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". FINA.org. August 19, 2016.
  3. "Yekaterina Prokofyeva Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. The Total Player 2018 Award total-waterpolo.com
  5. "Kinef water polo players win LEN Euro League". waterpology.com. April 30, 2017.
  6. "Kinef wins in thrilling final and clinches 2nd European title". waterpology.com. April 21, 2018.
  7. "Szolnok and Kirishi win LEN Super Cup Finals 2017". SwimSwam.com. November 4, 2017.


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