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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 9 July 1985 | (age 39)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Elena Gigli (born 9 July 1985 in Empoli) is a female water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was the top goalkeeper at the 2012 Olympics, with 56 saves.[1] She also won silver medal in European championship in Belgrado in 2006. Her club team is Fiorentina Waterpolo Giotti (Italy) and she won the Len Champions Cup and Italian league in 2006/2007.
See also
[edit]- Italy women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
- List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
References
[edit]- ^ "Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. p. 341. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- Elena Gigli at World Aquatics
- Elena Gigli at Olympics.com
- Elena Gigli at Olympedia
- Elena Gigli at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)