Russia women's national water polo team

Russia

Association	All Russian Swimming Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Alexander Gaidukov
Captain	Ekaterina Prokofyeva
FINA code	RUS
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 2000)
Best result	(2000)
World Championships
Appearances	10 (first in 1994)
Best result	(2003, 2007, 2009, 2011)
World League
Appearances	3 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2005)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1995)
Best result	(1997)
European Championship
Appearances	12 (first in 1993)
Best result	(1993, 1997)

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.

Results

Olympic Games

• 1996 — 6th place
• 2000 — Bronze medal
• 2004 — 5th place
• 2008 — 7th place
• 2012 — 6th place
• 2016 — Qualified

World Championship

• 1994 — 7th place
• 1998 — 4th place
• 2001 — 6th place
• 2003 — Bronze medal
• 2005 — 4th place
• 2007 — Bronze medal
• 2009 — Bronze medal
• 2011 — Bronze medal
• 2013 — 4th place
• 2015 — 8th place

FINA World League

• 2004 — 4th place
• 2005 — Silver medal
• 2006 — Bronze medal
• 2007 — eliminated
• 2008 — Gold medal
• 2009 — 6th place
• 2010 — 4th place
• 2011 — 5th place
• 2012 — 5th place
• 2013 — Silver medal
• 2014 — 7th place
• 2015 — 5th place
• 2016 — qualified

FINA World Cup

• 1995 — 4th place
• 1997 — Silver medal
• 1999 — 7th place
• 2002 — 4th place
• 2006 — Bronze medal
• 2010 — 4th place
• 2014 — 6th place

European Championship

• 1993 — Silver medal
• 1995 — 6th place
• 1997 — Silver medal
• 1999 — Bronze medal
• 2001 — Bronze medal
• 2003 — Bronze medal
• 2006 — Gold medal
• 2008 — Gold medal
• 2010 — Gold medal
• 2012 — 4th place
• 2014 — 5th place
• 2016 — 6th place

Team

Current squad

Roster at the 2016 Women's European Water Polo Championship.

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R	Height	Weight
1	Verkhoglyadova, AnastasiaAnastasia Verkhoglyadova	12 June 1995	Goalkeeper		187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
2	Tankeeva, EkaterinaEkaterina Tankeeva	28 June 1989			173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	76 kg (168 lb)
3	Prokofyeva, EkaterinaEkaterina Prokofyeva	13 March 1991			174 cm (5 ft 9 in)	69 kg (152 lb)
4	Karimova, ElvinaElvina Karimova	25 March 1994			167 cm (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)
5	Iarondaikina, NadezhdaNadezhda Iarondaikina	30 November 1994			170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)
6	Krimer, KseniiaKseniia Krimer	19 July 1992			187 cm (6 ft 2 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
7	Lisunova, EkaterinaEkaterina Lisunova	6 October 1989			173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (143 lb)
8	Simanovich, AnastasiaAnastasia Simanovich	23 January 1995
9	Timofeeva, AnnaAnna Timofeeva	18 July 1987			180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
10	Soboleva, EvgeniiaEvgeniia Soboleva	26 August 1988			180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	78 kg (172 lb)
11	Ivanova, EvgeniyaEvgeniya Ivanova	26 July 1987			176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	65 kg (143 lb)
12	Grineva, AnnaAnna Grineva	31 January 1988			189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)
13	Karnaukh, AnnaAnna Karnaukh	31 August 1993	Goalkeeper		176 cm (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)

Past squads

• 1999 European Championship — Bronze medal

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

• 2000 Olympic Games — Bronze medal

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

• 2003 World Championship — Bronze medal

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

• 2006 European Championship — Gold medal

• Olga Fomicheva, Yulia Gaufler, Nadezda Glyzina, Evgeniya Ivanova, Sofia Konukh, 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 Konukh, 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 — Silver medal

• Olga Belyaeva, Nadezda Glyzina, Sofia Konukh, 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.

• 2008 European Championship — Gold medal

• Valentina Vorontsova, Natalia Shepelina, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Sofia Konukh, Alena Vylegzhanina, Nadezda Glyzina, Ekaterina Pantyulina, Evgenia Soboleva, Oleksandra Karpovich, Olga Belyaeva, Elena Smurova, Olga Turova and Evgeniya Protsenko. Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov.

• 2015 European Games — Gold medal

• Maria Bersneva, Anastasia Fedotova, Daria Gerzanich, Evgenia Golovina, Anna Isakova, Polina Kempf, Bella Khamzaeva (c), Elena Kotanchyan, Alena Serzhantova, Svetlana Stepakhina, Veronika Vakhitova, Elizaveta Zaplatina, Aleksandra Zelenkovskaya. Coaches: Andrei Belofastov, Alexander Fedoseev.

References

External links

• Official website
• SportKinef
• HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)
• Gold Russian Waterpolo Girls. Baku 2015