Ioulia Petrova
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Yuliya Sergeevna Petrova ' onMouseout='HidePop("39646")' href="/topics/Chelyabinsk">Chelyabinsk
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n water polo
player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
. She was named Most Valuable Player at the 2000 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier
in Palermo, Italy, where the Women's National Team
qualified for the Sydney Olympics.
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
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Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
player, who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. She was named Most Valuable Player at the 2000 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier
2000 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier
The 2000 Women's Olympic Water Polo Qualifying Tournament was a tournament in which three places were available for teams to qualify for the first Olympic women's polo competition.-Teams:GROUP AGROUP BGROUP CGROUP D-GROUP A:*April 22, 2000...
in Palermo, Italy, where the Women's National Team
Russia women's national water polo team
The Russia women's national water polo team represents Russia in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the mid-1990s.-Olympic Games:* 2000 — 3rd place...
qualified for the Sydney Olympics.