Yekaterina Gamova

Yekaterina Gamova
Yekaterina Gamova in 2009
Personal information
Full nameYekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova
NationalityRussian
Born (1980-10-17) October 17, 1980
Chelyabinsk, Russia
HometownYekaterinburg, Russia
Height202 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight80 kg (180 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 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 Russian retired 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. Her role was outside hitter/opposite.