Yekaterina Gamova

Yekaterina Gamova
Yekaterina Gamova in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1980-10-17) October 17, 1980 (age 43) Chelyabinsk, Russia
Hometown	Yekaterinburg, Russia
Height	202 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Spike	350 cm (140 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Career
Years Teams 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 Sydney Team 2004 Athens Team World Championship 2006 Japan Team 2010 Japan Team 2002 Germany Team FIVB World Cup 1999 Japan Team World Grand Champions Cup 2001 Japan Team FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 1999 Yu Xi Team 2002 Hong Kong Team 2000 Manila Team 2003 Andria Team 2006 Reggio Calabria Team 2009 Tokyo Team 2001 Macau Team European Championship 1999 Italy Team 2001 Bulgaria Team 2005 Croatia Team 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg Team Summer Universiade 1999 Palma de Mallorca Team World U20 Championship 1997 Poland Under-20 1999 Canada Under-20 European Junior Championship 1996 Turkey Under-19
Last updated: May 2016

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 2.02 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.