Valentina Grigoryevna Vorontsova (Валентина Григорьевна Воронцова, born 26 July 1982) is a Russian female
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
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
.
She was a part of the team at the
2004 Summer Olympics and
2008 Summer Olympics.
On club level she played for
Kinef Kirishi
Kinef-Surgutneftegaz (russian: КИНЕФ-Сургутнефтегаз) is a Russian professional men's and women's water polo club from Kirishi owned by Kinef and Surgutneftegaz.
The women's club was founded in the 1993–94 season as Fakel. I ...
in Russia.
See also
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Russia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
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List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
This is a list of female goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team for the Summer Olympics.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number ...
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References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
People from Gelendzhik
Russian female water polo players
Water polo goalkeepers
Olympic water polo players for Russia
Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Krasnodar Krai
21st-century Russian women
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