Ekaterina Viktorovna Bankerova (born November 6, 1989 in Leningrad ) is a Russian rugby player, defender of the Krasny Yar team and the Russian national rugby 7 team. Champion of the Universiade 2013, champion of Europe 2014. Master of Sports of Russia of international class [2] .
 Ekaterina Bankerova | ||
| general information | ||
| Full name | Ekaterina Viktorovna Bankerova | |
| Date of Birth | November 6, 1989 (aged 29) | |
| Place of Birth | Leningrad , RSFSR , USSR | |
| Citizenship |  Russia | |
| Growth | 165 cm [1] | |
| Weight | 62 kg [1] | |
| Position | defender | |
| Club Information | ||
| Club | Krasny Yar | |
| Career | ||
| Club career * | ||
| 2010 | Ministry of Internal Affairs (St. Petersburg) | |
| 2010 | Slava-ShVSM | |
| 2011 - n. at. | Krasny Yar | |
| National team** | ||
| 2012 - n. at. | Russia (rugby 7) | |
* The number of games and points for a professional club is considered for the national league, Heineken Cup and Super Rugby. ** The number of games and points for the national team in official matches. | ||
| Awards | ||
| European Championships (rugby 7) | ||
| Gold | Brive La Gaillard / Marbella 2013 | women |
| Gold | Moscow / Brive-la-Gaillarde 2014 | women |
| European Championships (rugby 5) | ||
| Gold | Moscow 2018 | women |
| Universadas | ||
| Gold | Kazan 2013 | women |
| European Championships (rugby 15) | ||
| Bronze | Switzerland 2015 | women |
| Bronze | Spain 2016 | women |
| State and departmental awards
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Biography
Born on January 6, 1988 [1] in Leningrad. From childhood, she was engaged in professional cycling at the Olympic Hopes school, but in 2010 she became a rugby player: she was invited through the Internet by the captain of the Ministry of Internal Affairs team, Ekaterina Sokolova [3] . She graduated from the Russian State University of Tourism and Service [1] [4] . She played in the teams of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and “Slava-ShVSM”, since 2011 she has been playing for “Krasny Yar”.
I got into the Russian national rugby 7 team in 2012, I participated with her in the 2013 World Cup in Moscow, in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and two European Championships in 2013 and 2014, I won both times. In 2013, in the group stage in the match with Ukraine, she successfully completed 6 realizations (2 points each), and also scored 2 points in the final due to the implementation [5] . In 2014, in the semi-final, one of its implementation allowed Russia to reach the final and win the European Championship ahead of schedule [6] .
Collecting rare coins and banknotes is his hobby. Favorite rugby team calls the New Zealand team [7] . She dreamed of playing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , the program of which included rugby 7 [8] , but the Russian team did not qualify there.
In 2015, Catherine became the bronze medalist of the European Championship of Classic Rugby, held in Switzerland; a year later, she won the same award at the European Championship in Spain.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Profile on the website of the Summer Universiade 2013 (Russian)
- ↑ ORDER of July 19, 2013 On awarding the sports title “Master of Sports of Russia of the International Class” (Russian)
- ↑ Ekaterina Bankerova: “Rugby is much more interesting than football!” (Russian)
- ↑ Profile on Kraysport website Archived on September 22, 2013. (Russian)
- ↑ Bayzat Khamidova, Ekaterina Kazakova, Ekaterina Bankerova, Maria Titova and Anna Malygina - European Rugby-7 Champions (Russian)
- ↑ Ekaterina Bankerova helped the Russian team reach the final of the Rugby-7 Grand Prix and secure victory in the European Championship (inaccessible link) (Russian)
- ↑ Ekaterina Bankerova: “Sick” rugby from the first training session ” (Russian)
- ↑ Ekaterina Bankerova: Confirming a title is always more difficult than winning it Archival copy of March 4, 2016 on Wayback Machine (Russian)