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

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

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

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

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

• Greece at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

References

1. ^ Alkistis Benekou at FINA
2. ^ "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

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