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Sofia Evgenevna Konukh (, born 9 March 1980) is a Russian
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, who won the bronze medal at the
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
, the first Olympic women's tournament in history. She is one of four female players who competed in water polo at four Olympics. She is also a leading goalscorer in Olympic water polo history, with 31 goals. She finished first with the Russia team at the 2006 European Championships in
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. She participated at the
2003 World Aquatics Championships The 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships were held July 12–27, 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. The championships featured competition in all 5 of FINA's disciplines: Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming, Water Polo, and Open Water Swimming. ...
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2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...
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2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships () or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. This was the second time the championships were held in the city after being previously hosted in 1994 World Aq ...
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2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming ...
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See also

* Russia women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics *
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 *
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'' Multiple gold medalists Multiple medalists Women Medalists by tour ...


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* 1980 births Living people Russian female water polo players Olympic water polo players for Russia Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-waterpolo-bio-stub