Yekaterina Ralifovna Salimova (Екатерина Ралифовна Салимова, born 2 April 1982) is a Russian former
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 member of the team at the
2004 Summer Olympics, and
2003 World Aquatics Championships.
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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1982 births
Living people
Russian female water polo players
Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo players for Russia
People from Zlatoust
Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk Oblast
21st-century Russian women
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