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Alkistis Benekou

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Alkistis Christina Benekou
Personal information
Born (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 30)
Greece
Sport
SportWater polo
ClubEthnikos
Updated on 16 December 2022

Alkistis Christina Benekou (Greek: Άλκηστις Χριστίνα Μπενέκου, born 31 January 1994) is a water polo player from Greece.[1]

She played on the Greece Junior National Team which won gold at the 2011 LEN Junior Water Polo European Championship,[2] and was part of the Greek team at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships.[3]

In 2014, she joined Arizona State University[4] and began playing for their Sun Devils water polo team as a centre forward.[1] In early 2017, she became one of the top ten scorers in the team's history.[2]

Benekou is currently playing for Ethnikos Piraeus. Her twin sister Ioli is also a waterpolo player.[5]

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With Olympiacos

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With Ethnikos

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References

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  1. ^ a b Alkistis Benekou at FINA
  2. ^ a b "Women's water polo's junior center reaches Sun Devil top-10 all time scoring list". The State Press. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ "BCN 2013 Greek Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ Alkistis Benekou at Sun Devil Athletics
  5. ^ Οι δίδυμες του Εθνικού pisina.net