Alkistis Benekou Explained

Alkistis Christina Benekou
Birth Date:31 January 1994
Birth Place:Greece
Sport:Water polo
Club:Ethnikos
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Updated:16 December 2022

Alkistis Christina Benekou (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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.

Titles

With Olympiacos

With Ethnikos

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.fina.org/athletes/1035464/alkistis-benekou/profile Alkistis Benekou
  2. News: Women's water polo's junior center reaches Sun Devil top-10 all time scoring list. The State Press. 10 May 2017.
  3. News: BCN 2013 Greek Women's Water Polo Team. Omega Timing. 28 August 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305061906/http://waterpolo.sportresult.com/pdf/WCH2013/WGRE-R.pdf. dead.
  4. http://www.thesundevils.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1137 Alkistis Benekou