In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovna and the family name is 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.
^"Екатерина Гамова: "Мне всегда были непонятны вопросы про мой рост" – Известия". 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014.
^"Республиканский общественно-политический еженедельник "Наше время"". 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012.
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