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Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova (Russian: Екатерина Александровна Гамова; born 17 October 1980) is a retired Russian 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 2.05 m (6 ft 9 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.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Aleksandrovna and the family name is Gamova.
Yekaterina Gamova
Gamova in 2009
Personal information
Full nameYekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova
Nationality Russia
Born (1980-10-17) 17 October 1980 (age 42)
Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
HometownYekaterinburg, Russia
Height2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Spike350 cm (140 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Career
YearsTeams
2000–2003
2003–2009
2009–2010
2010–2016		 Uralochka-NTMK
Dynamo Moscow
Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
Dinamo Kazan
National team
1999—2014 Russia
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyTeam
2004 AthensTeam
World Championship
2006 JapanTeam
2010 JapanTeam
2002 GermanyTeam
FIVB World Cup
1999 JapanTeam
World Grand Champions Cup
2001 JapanTeam
FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix
1999 Yu XiTeam
2002 Hong KongTeam
2000 ManilaTeam
2003 AndriaTeam
2006 Reggio CalabriaTeam
2009 TokyoTeam
2001 MacauTeam
European Championship
1999 ItalyTeam
2001 BulgariaTeam
2005 CroatiaTeam
2007 Belgium/LuxembourgTeam
Summer Universiade
1999 Palma de MallorcaTeam
World U20 Championship
1997 PolandUnder-20
1999 CanadaUnder-20
European Junior Championship
1996 TurkeyUnder-19
Last updated: May 2016

Career


Playing with Dynamo Moscow she won the silver medal at the 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League, and she was awarded "Best Scorer".[3]

For the 2009/2010 season, she joined the Turkish team Fenerbahçe Acıbadem.[4] With this team she won the Turkish League Championship[5] and went to the 2010 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four. Her team finished in the second place after being defeated by Volley Bergamo and she was awarded "Best Scorer".[6]

She was a member of the Russia national team that won the 2010 World Championship and was named the Most Valuable Player of the event.[7]

After the defeat in the quarterfinals by Brazil in the 2012 Olympics she is considering quitting playing with the national team but still continuing playing at club level. "I will take a break with the national team. I don't know if it will be a permanent leave, or if I will resume after a long pause."[8]

Gamova won with the Russian club Dinamo Kazan the 2013–14 CEV Champions League held in Baku, Azerbaijan, defeating 3–0 the home owners Rabita Baku in the semifinals[9] and 3–0 to the Turkish VakıfBank İstanbul in the final.[10] She was awarded tournament's Most Valuable Player and Best Scorer.[10]

Gamova won the gold medal in the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship, when her team defeated 3–0 to the Brazilian club Molico Osasco for the championship match. She was named the Best Opposite Spiker and Most Valuable Player among the championship Best Team.[11]

In May 2016, Gamova announced on Match TV and on her Facebook page that she wants to retire from her sports career because of an injury.[12] With that said, she won't participate at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[13]


Family


After the Olympics in London on 17 August 2012, she married the Russian cinematographer and producer Mikhail Mukasei, son of Svetlana Druzhinina and Anatoly Mukasei.[14]


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Awards



Government



Individuals



National team



Junior


Senior


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References


  1. "Екатерина Гамова: "Мне всегда были непонятны вопросы про мой рост" – Известия". October 20, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20.
  2. "Республиканский общественно-политический еженедельник "Наше время"". March 29, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29.
  3. CEV. "Volley BERGAMO is the 2009 Champion!!!". Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  4. "Gamova Fenerbahçe Acıbadem'de" (in Turkish). Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  5. CEV. "After thrilling five-setter and additional golden set Fenerbahce picks up Turkish national cup". Archived from the original on 2010-04-18. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  6. CEV. "Volley BERGAMO wins 2010 CEV Indesit European Champions League!". Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  7. FIVB. "Russia repeat as world champions". Retrieved 2010-11-14.
  8. "FIVB Volleyball Olympic Games 2012 | Features".
  9. "Dinamo disappoints Baku home crowd by claiming the last spot in final". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  10. "Dinamo KAZAN dethrones VakifBank to claim the 2014 Champions League title". Baku, Azerbaijan: CEV. 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  11. "Russia's Kazan capture Women's Club World championship in style". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 2014-05-11. Retrieved 2014-05-11.
  12. Волейболистка Екатерина Гамова объявила о завершении карьеры
  13. Волейболистки Гамова и Соколова завершили карьеру
  14. "Казанская волейболистка Гамова вышла замуж".
  15. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 апреля 2001 года No. 450 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации спортсменов, тренеров, работников физической культуры и спорта"" (in Russian). 19 April 2001. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  16. "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 3 октября 2006 года No. 1064 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации"" (in Russian). 3 October 2006. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  17. "Асгат Сафаров вручил Екатерине Гамовой Почётный знак Министерства спорта РФ "За заслуги в развитии физической культуры и спорта"" (in Russian). Integrated Portal of Government and Local Self-Government Authorities "Official Tatarstan". 28 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-19.


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yekaterina Gamova.
Awards
Preceded by Best Blocker of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2000		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
Yang Hao
Miyuki Takahashi
 Best Scorer of
FIVB World Grand Prix
2003
2006		 Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Server of
FIVB World Championship
2006		 Succeeded by
Maret Grothues

На других языках

[de] Jekaterina Alexandrowna Gamowa

Jekaterina Alexandrowna Gamowa (russisch Екатерина Александровна Гамова; * 17. Oktober 1980 in Tscheljabinsk, Sowjetunion) ist eine russische Volleyballspielerin.
- [en] Yekaterina Gamova

[it] Ekaterina Gamova

Ekaterína Aleksándrovna Gámova (in russo: Екатери́на Алекса́ндровна Га́мова?; Čeljabinsk, 17 ottobre 1980) è un'ex pallavolista russa.

[ru] Гамова, Екатерина Александровна

Екатери́на Алекса́ндровна Га́мова (с 2013 года выступала под фамилией Га́мова-Мукасе́й; род. 17 октября 1980, Челябинск) — российская волейболистка, игрок национальной сборной в 1999—2012 и 2014 годах, двукратная чемпионка мира. Заслуженный мастер спорта России. Лучшая спортсменка России в 2010 году. Факелоносец церемонии открытия Всемирной летней Универсиады 2013 года в Казани[3].


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