PROKOFYEVA Ekaterina

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6	Women	2012	London, GBR
7	Women	2008	Beijing, CHN

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2017	Budapest, HUN
3	Women	2011	Shanghai, CHN
3	Women	2009	Rome, ITA
4	Women	2013	Barcelona, ESP
5	Women	2019	Gwangju, KOR
8	Women	2015	Kazan, RUS

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2021	Athens, GRE
3	Women	2019	Budapest, HUN
3	Women	2017	Shanghai, CHN
4	Women	2018	Kunshan, CHN

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2018	Surgut, RUS

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2020	Budapest, HUN
5	Women	2018	Barcelona, ESP

Shopping, cooking, hiking, cycling, going to the theatre, spending time with friends and family. (Athlete, 13 May 2021)

Athlete

Coaching - Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, Rostov-na-Donu, RUS

English, Russian

KINEF-Surgutneftegaz [Kirishi, RUS] since 2009

Alexander Naritsa [club], RUS; Alexander Gaidukov [national]

Driver (waterpolo.ru, 25 Feb 2018)

Right (Athlete, 11 Jul 2015)

2008 for Russian Federation, European Championship in Malaga, Spain (Athlete, 23 Mar 2014)

Russian Championship [RUS] (sportkinef.ru, 23 Apr 2021)

She took up the sport at age eight in Volgodonsk, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 23 Mar 2014)

She switched from swimming to water polo as her swimming coach was also playing water polo and suggested she try the sport. (Athlete, 23 Mar 2014)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (rsport.ria.ru, 26 Jan 2020)

Winning bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and bronze at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 May 2021; Athlete, 22 Aug 2017)

Coach Stanislav Sergeyev. (Athlete, 15 May 2021)

She was named in the Timeless Total World Women's Team of the 21st Century at the 2020 Total Player Awards, given by the Total Water Polo website. The team was selected following votes from experts on the sport and members of the public. She was also named Female Player of the Year at the 2018 Total Player Awards. (total-waterpolo.com, 24 Dec 2020, 18 Dec 2018)

In 2016 she received the Order for Merit to the Fatherland [second grade] in the Russian Federation. (kremlin.ru, 25 Aug 2016)

She was included in the All-Star team at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. (fina.org, 02 Aug 2013)

In 2010 she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (Athlete, 15 May 2016)