Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova (russian: Екатерина Александровна Гамова; born 17 October 1980) is a retired

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player. She was a member of the Russian national team that won the gold medals at the

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and

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s, and the silver medal in both the

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and

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. Due to her stature and dominance at the net, she has been hailed as the "Queen of Volleyball". She is tall with EU size 49 feet, making her one of the tallest female athletes in the world. She is also the second highest paid female player in professional volleyball history. Her role was outside hitter/opposite.

Career

Playing with

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she won the silver medal at the 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League, and she was awarded "Best Scorer". For the 2009/2010 season, she joined the Turkish team Fenerbahçe Acıbadem. With this team she won the Turkish League Championship and went to the 2010 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four. Her team finished in the second place after being defeated by

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and she was awarded "Best Scorer". She was a member of the Russia national team that won the 2010 World Championship and was named the

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of the event. After the defeat in the quarterfinals by Brazil in the

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she is considering quitting playing with the national team but still continuing playing at club level. "I will take a break with the national team. I don't know if it will be a permanent leave, or if I will resume after a long pause." Gamova won with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan the

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held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3–0 the home owners

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in the semifinals and 3–0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final. She was awarded tournament's Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer. Gamova won the gold medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship, when her team defeated 3–0 to the Brazilian club Molico Osasco for the championship match. She was named the Best Opposite Spiker and Most Valuable Player among the championship Best Team. In May 2016, Gamova announced on

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and on her Facebook page that she wants to retire from her sports career because of an injury. With that said, she won't participate at the

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Family

After the Olympics in London on 17 August 2012, she married the Russian cinematographer and producer Mikhail Mukasei, son of

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and Anatoly Mukasei.

Clubs

* Avtodor-Metar (1996–1998) * Uralochka-NTMK 2 (1998–2000) * Uralochka-NTMK (2000–2003) *

(2003–2009) * Fenerbahçe Acıbadem (2009–2010) * Dinamo Kazan (2010–2016)

Awards

Government

* Merited Master of Sports of Russia (2000) *

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством») was established on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree No.442. Its award criteria were modified on 6 ...

II class (19 April 2001) — ''for the huge contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, and for the huge sports destinations at the XXVII Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000'' * Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class (3 October 2006) — ''for the huge contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, and for sports destinations'' * Decoration of Honour for Services in the Development of Physical Culture and Sports (28 April 2016)

Individuals

* '' 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Blocker"'' * '' 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2004 Olympic Games "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2007 European Championship "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2010 FIVB World Championship "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2013–14 CEV Champions League "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2013–14 CEV Champions League "Best Scorer"'' * '' 2014 FIVB Club World Championship "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2014 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Opposite Spiker"''

National team

Junior

* 1999 Junior World Championship – Gold Medal

Senior

* 1999 World Grand Prix – Gold Medal * 1999 FIVB World Cup – Silver Medal * 2006 World Championship – Gold Medal * 2010 World Championship – Gold Medal

Clubs

* 1998, 1999, Russian League Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Uralochka-NTMK 2 * 2000, 2001, 2002, Russian League Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Uralochka-NTMK * 2005, 2007, 2009 Russian Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2009–2010 Turkish League Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem * 2009–2010 Turkish Cup Championship – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem * 2009–2010 Turkish Super Cup Championship – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem * 2010–2011 Russian Cup – Champion, with Dinamo Kazan *

Champion, with Dinamo Kazan * 2014 FIVB Club World Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Dinamo Kazan

References

External links

FIVB Profile

Fenerbahce Acibadem Women's Volleyball Team

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Career

Family

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Awards

Government

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National team

Junior

Senior

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See also

References

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