Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva (russian: Екатерина Валерьевна Прокофьева; born March 13, 1991) 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 competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics for the
Russian national team in the
Women's event winning the bronze medal. She had previously competed at the
2008
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and
2012 Summer Olympics.
She also competed at the
2013 Summer Universiade in
Kazan
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where she won the gold medal.
Prokofyeva was named Best Female Player of the Year at the 2018 Total Player Awards.
Club honours
* 2
LEN Euro League
** 2017.
** 2018.
* 1
LEN Super Cup
The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup.
From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...
** 2017.
* 10
Russian Federation Championships
** 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
See also
*
List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals.
There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Pet ...
*
List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
*
List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
This is a list of top goalscorers in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.
Abbreviations
Overall top goalscorers
As of 2016, eighteen female players have scored 20 or more goals at the Summer O ...
*
References
External links
*
Ekaterina Prokofyeva– athlete profile at Universiade 2013
*
Russian female water polo players
1991 births
Living people
Olympic water polo players of Russia
Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
People from Volgodonsk
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic medalists in water polo
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in water polo
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Rostov Oblast
21st-century Russian women
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