Russia women's national water polo team

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The Russia women's national water polo team represents Russia in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Olympic Games 1.2 Olympic Year Tournament 1.3 World Championship 1.4 FINA World League 1.5 FINA World Cup 1.6 European Championship 2 Squads 3 References

[edit] Results

[edit] Olympic Games

• 2000 — 3rd place
• 2004 — 5th place
• 2008 — qualified

[edit] Olympic Year Tournament

• 1996 — 6th place

[edit] World Championship

• 1994 — 7th place
• 1998 — 4th place
• 2001 — 6th place
• 2003 — 3rd place
• 2005 — 4th place
• 2007 — 3rd place

[edit] FINA World League

• 2004 — 4th place
• 2005 — 2nd place
• 2006 — 3rd place
• 2006 — eliminated

[edit] FINA World Cup

• 1995 — 4th place
• 1997 — 2nd place
• 1999 — 7th place
• 2002 — 4th place
• 2006 — 3rd place

[edit] European Championship

• 1993 — 2nd place
• 1995 — 6th place
• 1997 — 2nd place
• 1999 — 3rd place
• 2001 — 3rd place
• 2003 — 3rd place
• 2006 — 1st place

[edit] Squads

• 1999 European Championship — Bronze Medal

• Marina Akobia, Natalia Koutouzova, Sofia Konoukh, Maria Koroleva, Svetlana Kouzina, Yuliya Petrova, Tatiana Petrova, Galina Rytova, Elena Smurova, Elena Tokoun, Irina Tolkounova, and Ekaterina Vassilieva. Head Coach: Sergey Frolov.

• 2000 Olympic Games — Bronze Medal

• Marina Akobia, Ekaterina Anikeeva, Natalia Koutouzova, Sofia Konoukh, Maria Koroleva, Svetlana Kouzina, Yuliya Petrova, Tatiana Petrova, Galina Rytova, Elena Smurova, Elena Tokoun, Irina Tolkounova, and Ekaterina Vassilieva. Head Coach: Sergey Frolov.

• 2001 European Championship — Bronze Medal

• Marina Akobia, Galina Ritova, Valentina Voroncova, Svetlana Kouzina, Veronika Linkova, Olga Kallkova, Maria Yaina, Yekatyerina Szolotko, Anna Klocskova, Irina Tolkunova, Yekaterina Salimova, Anastassia Zoubkova, Tatiana Petrova, Natalia Shepelina, and Natalya Kutuzova. Head Coach: Sergey Frolov.

• 2003 World Championship — Bronze Medal

• Svetlana Bogdanova, Sofia Konoukh, Veronika Linkova, Tatiana Petrova, Yekaterina Salimova, Natalya Shepelina, Ekaterina Shishova, Yelena Smurova, Olga Turova, Valentina Voronisova, Maria Yaina, Galina Zlotnikova, and Anastassia Zoubkova. Head Coach: Yury Mitianin.

• 2004 Olympic Games — Fifth place

• Svetlana Bogdanova, Sofia Konoukh, Tatiana Petrova, Ekaterina Salimova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Shishova, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova, Ekaterina Vassilieva, Valentina Vorontsova, Maria Yaina, Galina Zlotnikova, and Anastassia Zoubkova. Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.

• 2006 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Olga Fomicheva, Yulia Gaufler, Nadezda Glyzina, Evgeniya Ivanova, Sofia Konoukh, Ekaterina Kuzbetsova, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evgenia Protsenko, Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Natalya Shepelina, Elena Smurova, Ekaterina Tankeyeva, Aleksandra Vorobeva, Alena Vylegzhanina, and Anastasia Zubkova. Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.

• 2007 World Championship — Bronze Medal

• Olga Fomicheva, Nadezda Glyzina, Sofia Konoukh, Maria Kovtunovskaya, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva, Natalya Shepelina, Elena Smurova, Evgenia Soboleva, Valentina Vorontsova, Alena Vylegzhanina, Ekaterina Zubacheva, and Anastasia Zubkova. Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.

• 2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 2nd place

• Olga Belyaeva, Nadezda Glyzina, Sofia Konoukh, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Natalya Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Evgeniya Protsenko, Evgenia Soboleva, Elena Smurova, Anna Timofeyeva, Valentina Vorontsova, Alena Vylegzhanina, and Anastasia Zubkova. Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.

[edit] References

• FINA
• SportKinef
• HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)