Ekaterina Prokofyeva

Ekaterina Prokofyeva
Personal information
Full name Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva
Born (1991-03-13) March 13, 1991 (age 33)
Volgodonsk, Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union
Nationality  Russia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Centre forward
Club information
Current team Kinef-Surgutneftegaz Kirishi
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Malaga
Gold medal – first place 2010 Zagreb
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest
FINA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Surgut
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place 2008 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Silver medal – second place 2013 Beijing
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Shanghai
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Kunshan
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Athens
LEN Europa Cup
Silver medal – second place 2019 Turin
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Team

Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva (Russian: Екатерина Валерьевна Прокофьева; born March 13, 1991) is a Russian water polo player.[1] She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Russian national team in the Women's event winning the bronze medal.[2] She had previously competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]

She also competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan where she won the gold medal.[citation needed]

Prokofyeva was named Best Female Player of the Year at the 2018 Total Player Awards.[4]

  1. ^ "Ekaterina Prokofyeva shares her skills and drills to help young athletes". total-waterpolo.com. March 8, 2018.
  2. ^ "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". FINA.org. August 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "Yekaterina Prokofyeva Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. ^ The Total Player 2018 Award total-waterpolo.com