Alyona Viktorovna Vylegzhanina (Алёна Викторовна Вылегжанина, born 14 August 1987)
is a Russian
water polo
Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...
player. She was a member of the
Russia women's national water polo team, playing as a
centre back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either ...
. She was a part of the team at the
2008 Summer Olympics.
On club level she played for
Uralochka Zlatoust
Uralochka-ZMZ Zlatoust (russian: Динамо-Уралочка) is a Russian professional women's water polo club from Zlatoust.
Uralochka won the first edition of the Russian Championship in 1992, and it subsequently won four more titles betwee ...
in Russia.
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1987 births
Living people
Russian female water polo players
Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo players for Russia
People from Zlatoust
Universiade medalists in water polo
Universiade bronze medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast
21st-century Russian women
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