Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva (; born March 13, 1991) is a Russian
water polo
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player.
She competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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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
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.
She also competed at the
2013 Summer Universiade
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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 European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...
** 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 Petr ...
*
List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
*
List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
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References
External links
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Ekaterina Prokofyeva– athlete profile at Universiade 2013
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Russian female water polo players
1991 births
Living people
Olympic water polo players for 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
Summer World University Games medalists in water polo
FISU World University Games 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 sportswomen
European Water Polo Championship medalists
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