Evgeniya Ivanova (Russian water polo)
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Evgeniya Andreyevna Ivanova (russian: Евгения Андреева Иванова; born 26 July 1987) is a Russian
water polo Water polo is a 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 ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
player. At the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, she competed for the Russian team in the women's event.


Career

She originally began to play water polo in 2000 in Nizhny Novgorod, following the example of her father and grandfather. She made her international debut at the 2006 European Championship, which Russia won. At her first World Championships, the 2009 Worlds, she scored the winning goal in Russia's bronze medal match. In 2010, she scored Russia's winning goal at the 2010 European Championships. She participated at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, and 2017 World Aquatics Championships. She was part of the Russian team which won bronze at the
2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
.


See also

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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 ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' * (C) – Captain * (GK) – Goalkeeper * (LH) – Left-handed Multiple ...


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* Russian female water polo players 1987 births Living people Olympic water polo players of Russia Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics 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 Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod 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 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast {{Russia-waterpolo-bio-stub