Yekaterina Gamova

Yekaterina Gamova
Yekaterina Gamova in 2009
Personal information
Full nameYekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova
NationalityRussian
Born (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980 (age 44)
Chelyabinsk, Russia
HometownYekaterinburg, Russia
Height202 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb)
Spike350 cm (140 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Career
YearsTeams
2000 - 2003
2003 - 2009
2009 - 2010
2010 - 2016
Russia Uralochka-NTMK
Russia Dynamo Moscow
Turkey Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
Russia Dinamo Kazan
National team
1999 - 2014Russia Russia
Last updated: May 2016

Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova (Russian: Екатерина Александровна Гамова; born 17 October 1980) is a Russian retired volleyball player. She was a member of the Russian national team that won the gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championships, and the silver medal in both the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Due to her stature and dominance at the net, she has been hailed as the "Queen of Volleyball". She is 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) tall with EU size 49 feet, making her one of the tallest female athletes in the world. She is also the second highest paid female player in professional volleyball history.[1][2] Her role was outside hitter/opposite.

  1. ^ "Екатерина Гамова: "Мне всегда были непонятны вопросы про мой рост" – Известия". 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Республиканский общественно-политический еженедельник "Наше время"". 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.