Yekaterina Gamova

Yekaterina Gamova
Gamova in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1980-10-17) 17 October 1980 Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
Hometown	Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Spike	321 cm (126 in)
Block	310 cm (120 in) [1]
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter/Opposite
Current club	Dinamo Kazan
Number	11
Career
Years Clubs 2000–2003 2003–2009 2009–2010 2010– Uralochka-NTMK Dynamo Moscow Fenerbahçe Acıbadem Dinamo Kazan
National team
1996 – Russia
Honours Women's Volleyball Competitor for  Russia Olympic Games Silver 2000 Sydney Team Silver 2004 Athens Team World Championship Gold 2006 Japan Team Gold 2010 Japan Team FIVB World Grand Prix Gold 1999 Yu Xi Team Gold 2002 Hong Kong Team Silver 2000 Manila Team Silver 2003 Andria Team Silver 2006 Reggio Calabria Team Silver 2009 Tokyo Team Bronze 2001 Macau Team European Championship Gold 1999 Rome Team Gold 2001 Sofia-Varna Team Bronze 2005 Zagreb-Pula Team Bronze 2007 Charleroi-Luxembourg Team Competitor for Dynamo Moscow Women's CEV Champions League Silver 2007 Zurich Team Silver 2009 Perugia Team Top Volley International Silver 2005 Basel Team Bronze 2008 Basel Team
Last updated: April 2010

Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova (Russian: Екатерина Александровна Гамова) (born 17 October 1980) is a Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 FIVB Women's World Championships, and the silver medal in both the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. 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.^[2][3] Her role is outside hitter/opposite.

Career

Playing with Dynamo Moscow she won the silver medal at the 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League, and she was awarded "Best Scorer".^[4]

For the 2009/2010 season, she joined the Turkish team Fenerbahçe Acıbadem.^[5] With this team she won the Turkish League Championship^[6] 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".^[7]

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.^[8]

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."^[9]

Family

After the Olympics in London on 17 August 2012, she married the Russian cinematographer and producer Michael Mukasey.^[10]

Clubs

• Avtodor-Metar (1996–1998)
• Uralochka-NTMK 2 (1998–2000)
• Uralochka-NTMK (2000–2003)
• Dynamo Moscow (2003–2009)
• Fenerbahçe Acıbadem (2009–2010)
• Dinamo Kazan (2010–2012)

Awards

Individuals

• 2004 Olympic Qualifier "Best Scorer"
• 2004 Olympic Qualifier "Best Blocker"
• 2004 Olympic Qualifier "Best Server"
• 2004 Olympic Games "Best Scorer"
• 2004 Olympic Games "Best Blocker"
• 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Scorer"
• 2006–07 Women's Indesit European Champions' League "Best Server"
• 2007 European Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2008–09 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Scorer"
• 2009–10 CEV Indesit Champions League Final Four "Best Scorer"
• 2009–10 Turkish League Regular Season MVP
• 2009–10 Turkish League Final Series MVP
• 2009–10 Turkish League Final Series Best Scorer
• 2009–10 Turkish League Final Series Best Hitter
• 2010 FIVB World Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• 2010–11 Russian Cup "MVP"
• 2010–11 Russian Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2012-13 Russian League "MVP"

National team

Junior

• 1999 Junior World Championship – Gold Medal

Senior

• 2010 World Championship – Gold Medal
• 2006 World Championship – Gold Medal
• 1999 World Grand Prix – Gold Medal

Clubs

• 2010–2011 Russian Cup – Champion, with Dinamo Kazan
• 2009–2010 Turkish League Championship – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
• 2009–2010 Turkish Cup Championship – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
• 2009–2010 Turkish Super Cup Championship – Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
• 2005, 2007, 2009 Russian Championship – Champion, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2000, 2001, 2002, Russian League Championship – Champion, with Uralochka-NTMK
• 1998, 1999, Russian League Championship – Champion, with Uralochka-NTMK 2

See also

• List of tall women
• Russia women's national volleyball team
• Women's volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yekaterina Gamova.

• FIVB Profile
• Fenerbahce Acibadem Women's Volleyball Team
• Uralochka VC profile
• Gamova's photos

v t e Russia women's volleyball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Borodakova 3 Alimova 4 Fateeva 5 Sokolova 6 Godina 8 Estes 11 Gamova 12 Sheshenina 14 Kabeshova 15 Pasynkova 16 Merkulova 18 Akulova Coach: Caprara

v t e Russia women's volleyball squad – 2012 Summer Olympics 1 Borodakova 3 Perepelkina 4 Estes 5 Sokolova 6 Matienko 7 Kryuchkova 8 Obmochaeva 11 Gamova 13 Startseva 14 Kabeshova 15 Kosheleva 16 Merkulova Coach: Ovchinnikov