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]
Titles
With Olympiacos
- 1 LEN Euroleague Women: 2021
- 1 Greek Women's Water Polo Championship: 2021
- 1 Greek Women's Water Polo Cup: 2021
With Ethnikos
- 1 LEN Trophy: 2022
- 1 Greek Women's Water Polo Cup: 2024
See also
References
- ^ a b Alkistis Benekou at FINA
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Alkistis Benekou at Sun Devil Athletics
- ^ Οι δίδυμες του Εθνικού pisina.net