How tall is Ekaterina Gamova? Mikhail Mukasey - former television cameraman, husband of Ekaterina Gamova
Ekaterina Gamova is the tallest Russian girl in the country. She is a professional volleyball player. The athlete has many professional victories just around the corner. Ekaterina Gamova hid her personal life very well. Fans can only find out her biography. Six years ago, the athlete’s life changed dramatically. Love happened. The girl's character became a little soft and gentle. It is known that Ekaterina Gamova’s husband is Mikhail Mukasey.
Gamova's husband is a very popular director in Russia, and he is also a producer and cinematographer. A busy life is behind us. On this moment He is known in business circles, but he also does not give up his production activities. Catherine's husband showed his skills in advertising and created music videos.
Ekaterina Gamova's husband photo
The husband of volleyball player Ekaterina Gamova had already been married twice before. Previous marriages ended in failure, but thanks to them, Mikhail has two children: a son named Maxim and a daughter named Elizaveta. A photo of Ekaterina Gamova’s husband is presented below.
Ekaterina Gamova did not really like critical people, which included journalists. Since there was an awful lot of gossip about her height. If something non-standard appears, people start to go into such a whirlwind. Ridiculous speculations appeared about the size of the legs, weight and much more. People were especially surprised by Gamova’s height, which was just over two meters. Envious people simply did not believe that Catherine would be able to find herself a man, and even a businessman. Of course, the height of the athlete’s husband is slightly shorter, but this does not affect their relationship in any way. Gamova and her husband love each other and this is the main thing.
Ekaterina Gamova met her husband when the director was filming in 2011. Mikhail was attracted to the girl at first sight. After which attention was directed only to her. Although the personal life of the world-famous volleyball player was shrouded in secrecy, everyone knew about Gamova’s wedding. The difference between young people is not only in height. Mikhail Mukasey is fifteen years older than his wife. They are so happy with each other. After all, age doesn’t matter in love.
The newlyweds' wedding took place brightly. According to all Russian traditions - with ransom and so on. The bride's dress was made to order. The only jewelry Catherine wore were earrings. Only relatives and friends of the bride and groom were present at the wedding. Journalists were not allowed into the ceremony. It was at that moment that the whole world saw what only Mikhail noticed - the beautiful Ekaterina Gamova.
The athlete at that time decided to finish with sports profession and devote yourself to your family and future children. For some time, Catherine did not change her last name to her husband’s last name. This was due to the current agreement with Dynamo.
There is an opinion that it was Ekaterina Gamova who became the reason for her husband’s divorce from his ex-wife. However, this is not true. Mukasey was not married for a long time. It was also said that the talented volleyball player left the sport due to injury, as well as due to several recent failures. Perhaps this was the reason to finally start a family.
Mikhail Mukasey’s new wife, Ekaterina Gamova, was able to find a common language with her husband’s children Maxim and Elizaveta. Especially with the son of a businessman. Maxim at that time was a teenager and very independent. He quickly became friends with the volleyball player.
Everyone knows the height of the athlete, but Mikhail Mukasey does not tell anyone his height. There are too many “evil” tongues that will then come up with various ridiculous stories. Mikhail claims that the man has other main virtues, and in general he is a tall man. Although height is not in a man’s favor, however, Catherine claims that her husband’s back is a stone wall for her.
Gamova Ekaterina Aleksandrovna (10/17/1980) – Russian volleyball player, Honored Master of Sports. 11-time Russian champion and 4-time Russian Cup winner. As part of the national team, she won gold at the World Championship and European Championship twice. Has two silver medals from the Olympic Games. In 2010, she was recognized by fans and experts as the best athlete in Russia.
“After every game I experience the most sincere emotions. Even after 10 years of my career, I rejoice at victory and grieve at defeat just as brightly as at the very beginning. In this sense, my attitude towards volleyball has never changed"
Childhood
Ekaterina Gamova is from Chelyabinsk, she was born on October 17, 1980. From childhood, the girl had a passion for sports. Therefore, her parents and school chose a special one for her, with a focus specifically on physical disciplines.
The leading sport was decided very quickly. Due to Katya’s height, and by the age of 11 he was 172 centimeters, the choice was only between volleyball, basketball and handball. Gamova’s final choice was helped by her aunt, who herself played volleyball at one time and later began coaching young people. She became the first mentor of the future world champion.
Ekaterina Gamova began her career in her native Chelyabinsk club Metar. And as part of this team, the volleyball player won her first award - gold at the Russian Cup. After this, the girl was invited to the famous Yekaterinburg “Uralochka”, which at that time was led by the famous coach Nikolai Karpol. It is interesting that the girl was offered a contract for 15 years, which is generally unusual for the world of sports. But, apparently, the management of “The Little Mermaid”, and maybe Karpol himself, recognized the girl’s remarkable talent and decided to immediately stop any attempts by competitors to lure her away. new star.
Club career
Already at the age of 19, Gamova became the champion of Russia. In the final, Uralochka met with its subsidiary team Uraltransbank. The fight was not easy. Nominally, the second team managed to show character and even led during the match with a score of 2:1. But largely thanks to Ekaterina, “Uralochka” turned the situation around and won gold. The Chelyabinsk athlete still remembers that moment as one of the brightest in her career.
A year later, the Ekaterinburg club managed to repeat this success and defended the title. “Uralochka” also won bronze medals Champions League. Gamova and her team had a great chance to win the main European trophy in 2003. "Uralochka" made it to the finals of the tournament. And according to the results of that year, Ekaterina herself became the most productive athlete. But this was still not enough to defeat the French Cannoux, and the Russians were ultimately content with only silver medals.
In 2004, Ekaterina Gamova decided to move from Yekaterinburg to Moscow and play for the capital’s Dynamo. But her contract ended only after 9 years. The athlete was able to break the agreement with Uralochka only through the court. It’s interesting that next year Uralochka and Dynamo met in the final of the Russian Championship. And Gamova’s old team, which by that time had strengthened itself with Cuban athletes, left no stone unturned against the Muscovites, beating them with a score of 3:0. True, the next three years (2006-2009) remained with Gamova and her Dynamo.
In the 2009/10 season, Ekaterina Gamova decides to go to Turkey and play for the Fenerbahce club. In one year, the Russian volleyball player replenished her piggy bank with gold medals from the Turkish Championship and the Country Cup. And all national tournament Gamova's team passed without a single defeat. But things didn’t work out with the Champions League again. Fenerbahce lost in the final and were content with only silver.
And yet this peak was conquered by Ekaterina Gamova. This happened in 2014, when the athlete was already playing for Dynamo Kazan. It is interesting that the volleyball player then entered the court under the surname Gamova-Mukasey, adding her husband’s surname.
Career for the Russian national team
Ekaterina Gamova joined the country's youth team at the age of 17. Together with the team, she won silver at the European Championship (1998) and gold at the World Championship (1997). After that, she was taken to the main national team, which at that time was led by Nikolai Karpol.
“Although I don’t keep in touch with Karpol, I always say hello when I meet. I will always have respect for him as a person and a mentor. My career growth began with this specialist. But I don’t belittle the merits of all subsequent coaches.”
For a long time the coach kept Gamova on the bench, allowing her on the court only for a few minutes. Only in 2001 did it become part of the framework. And she immediately won the European Championship with the team, and at the World Championship she became the most productive player of the tournament. Gamova's finest hour came at the Olympics in Athens. Together with her teammate Lyubov Sokolova, she shared the entire load that fell on the national team. As a result, Ekaterina became the most valuable player of the tournament, scoring a record 204 points. But, unfortunately, this was not enough to win the Olympics. In a dramatic match, the Russians lost to the Chinese team. And after that match, Ekaterina Gamova could not hold back her tears, telling reporters only one phrase: “We still have something to strive for...”
In 2006, Ekaterina Gamova helped the Russians win gold at the World Championships for the first time. Moreover, the main favorites, the Brazilians, were defeated in the final. In 2010, the national team repeated this success, and again the Brazilians were beaten in the decisive match. Then Gamova brought the decisive points. And after some time she was recognized as the best athlete of the year in Russia.
The only award that Ekaterina Gamova has never won is Olympic gold. The volleyball player participated in tournaments in Beijing and London, but the team was not able to show its best game. In 2014, Gamova officially retired from the national team.
Popular Russian athlete, volleyball player Ekaterina Gamova was born in the famous industrial center of Russia, the city of Chelyabinsk. This event occurred in the year of the Olympics in Moscow, or more precisely on October 17, 1980. Ekaterina Gamova is a member of the Russian national volleyball team; she became the world volleyball champion twice as part of our team. Ekaterina Gamova is an Honored Master of Sports of Russia. In 2010, volleyball player Ekaterina Gamova was recognized as the best athlete in Russia.
When Katya Gamova was eight years old, she began her volleyball lessons at Chelyabmetrostroy under the guidance of Lyubov Borisovna, her aunt. At the age of 11, Katya Gamova was already very tall - 172 centimeters. She finally decided to choose volleyball as her main sport, although she also played basketball and handball at the same time. Katya got hers sports education at the sports school of the Metallurgical district of Chelyabinsk.
When Katya Gamova turned fourteen years old, she was invited to volleyball team masters of the city of Chelyabinsk "Metar".
Already in 1997 Ekaterina Gamova As a member of the Russian youth volleyball team, she became the world champion, and the following year she took second place at the European Championship.
In the same year, at a training camp in Crimea, Ekaterina Gamova was offered to play for the Uralochka volleyball club from the city of Yekaterinburg, coached by Nikolai Karpol. Katya signed a fifteen-year contract with Uralochka.
in autumn Ekaterina Gamova went as a coach to the World Championships in Japan - Karpol decided not to let the athlete onto the court for now and gave her the opportunity to look around.
In the spring of 1999, the teams “Uralochka” and “Uraltransbank” (a subsidiary team of “Uralochka” and Ekaterina Gamova played for it) played in the finals of the Russian Volleyball Championship. The subsidiary team almost beat the main one, Gamova became the silver medalist of the Russian Championship and still remembers this match as one of the best in her career. Ekaterina Gamova took part in the Final Four, which was held in the same season in Naples.
This year Ekaterina Gamova For the first time she played as part of the Russian national volleyball team. In winter she played in the city of Bremen on international competitions, and in the summer - in Switzerland at the qualifying matches of the European Championship and at the Montreux Volley Masters tournament. In July, Ekaterina Gamova took second place at the Universiade in Spain as part of the student team. She then went to China and played several games in the World Grand Prix with the main team. Then Ekaterina Gamova went to catch up with the youth volleyball team, since she had to fly to the World Championships in Canada. This championship was very successful for our team, and Katya herself became the most productive player in the competition. Canadian journalists awarded Gamova the funny nickname “Game over” (“Game over”), which is almost completely consonant with her last name. That same year, Katya Gamova won the European Championship and took second place at the Volleyball World Cup. In 2000, Ekaterina Gamova was recognized as the best blocker of the Grand Prix tournament. She was included in the Russian volleyball team for the Sydney Olympics. In seven matches, Katya Gamova managed to earn nine points.
In 2001, Ekaterina Gamova took first place in the Russian Championship as a member of the Uralochka volleyball club. But in the Champions League it did not take third place.
In the semi-finals of the European Cup, Ekaterina Gamova brought her team thirty-seven points, but even these were not enough to defeat the Modena team from Italy (the match was held in Nizhny Tagil). In 2001, as a member of the Russian national volleyball team Ekaterina Gamova won gold medal European Championship, and also performed well at the World Champions Cup, where she became the best blocker and earned the most points (102), thus becoming the most productive player in this tournament. Her teammate scored three points less.
In 2002, the Russian volleyball team took third place at the World Championships in Germany, Ekaterina Gamova managed to score 209 points, and in this result she was second only to the Cuban volleyball player Yumilka Ruiz, and she was also second in serve and block.
In the 2002-2003 sports season, Ekaterina Gamova was able to become the national champion for the third time in a row. But Uralochka could not win the Champions League, despite the wonderful play of Katya Gamova. In the Polish city of Pyla, at the Final Four, Ekaterina Gamova became the most successful volleyball player. In the final match, Uralochka lost to Cannes.
In the next Russian volleyball championship, Ekaterina Gamova played as part of the Dynamo volleyball team near Moscow, which is part of the Uralochka system.
In the semi-final game against the team from Balakovo, Gamova set a championship record in points - Ekaterina scored 43 points; in the final match with the Uralochka club, Katya scored 34 points, but still this was not enough to win.
In Athenian olympic games The leadership and skill of Ekaterina Gamova were fully demonstrated - she, together with her teammate Lyubov Sokolova, took responsibility for playing in attack. At the Olympics, Gamova showed the most top scores among all the volleyball players in this tournament, she scored as many as 204 points! (attack-160, block -31, serve-13). As a blocking player, Ekaterina Gamova had no equal. In terms of attacks, Gamova came third in the tournament. In the final, Russia lost to the Chinese volleyball team. By all accounts, it was the most beautiful game of the Olympics. In it, Ekaterina Gamova scored 33 points, and in a post-match interview she told reporters that our team has something to strive for. At the same time, Katya gave vent to her emotions, and tears flowed down her cheeks. And everyone realized that she was not just strong athlete, and also a simple girl with her own feelings and experiences.
In 2004, Ekaterina Gamova decided to leave the Uralochka volleyball club and move to the Moscow Dynamo volleyball club. Although the contract was until 2013. One of the district courts of Yekaterinburg decided to terminate the contract between Ekaterina Gamova and the Uralochka volleyball club, and at the end of 2004, Gamova moved to the Dynamo club.
Ekaterina Gamova received a diploma from the Academy of Physical Education, and in 2005 she entered the Russian State Social University to study journalism.
In 2005 in the final Russian championship In volleyball, the new and former volleyball teams of Ekaterina Gamova played, “Dynamo” could not provide “Uralochka” with significant arguments and was defeated. From 2006 to 2009, Ekaterina Gamova, as a member of the Dynamo volleyball club, became the Russian volleyball champion three times and once took second place in the national championship.
After the Italian Giovanni Caprare became the coach of our volleyball team, Gamova no longer sat in the reserves, but took part in all international tournaments. In 2006, our volleyball team won the world volleyball title for the first time. In the final, Russia met with the Brazilian national volleyball team, Katya Gamova scored 28 points in the match. In terms of performance at the World Championships, Ekaterina Gamova became fourth among volleyball players. At the next European Championship, 2007, Ekaterina Gamova took third place in the Russian volleyball team and became the best performing player of the tournament. The European Championships took place in Luxembourg and Belgium.
At the Olympics in China in 2008, our team did not win medals, and Ekaterina Gamova left the team for a short time, then returned when the team was led by Vladimir Kuzyutkin in 2009 at the Grand Prix.
Sports season 2009-2010 Ekaterina Gamova played in Turkish club Fenerbahce. The club won the Turkish Super Cup. The Fenerbahçe club was undefeated, losing only in the Champions League final - this was the 39th game of the season. At the Final Four in Cannes, Ekaterina Gamova became the most successful volleyball player. In the summer of 2010, Ekaterina Gamova moved to play for the Kazan volleyball club Dynamo.
In the final of the 2010 World Championship, which took place in November in Japan, Ekaterina Gamova put a spectacular end to the game. Behind great game Ekaterina Gamova was awarded a special prize at the World Championships. Russian media recognized Katya Gamova as the best athlete in the country.
As part of the Kazan volleyball club "Dynamo", athlete Ekaterina Gamova won the championship of our country in 2011, and also won the Russian Cup. At both tournaments she was recognized as the best volleyball player. Ekaterina Gamova decided to play in Kazan volleyball club at least two more years, about which she signed the corresponding agreement.
From the age of 17 (1997) she was already invited to the Russian youth team, the team won the World Youth Championships in 1997 and “silver” at the European Championship in 1998. In July 1999, the youth team won “silver” 20th Summer Universiade in Spain. Youth Championship The 1999 World Cup was a triumph for the Russian team, Ekaterina Gamova was recognized as the team leader, the most productive player of the tournament, journalists gave the bright athlete the nickname “Game over” (“Game ova”, similar to her surname).
In the same year, Ekaterina Gamova joined the Russian volleyball team; her first major performances were games at the World Grand Prix in China. Also in 1999, speaking for Russia, Ekaterina Gamova won her
Mikhail Mukasey is a former VGIK graduate and cinematographer. In the 80s, he was a bass guitarist for the Obermaneken group, participated in the filming of advertising and created music videos, and was part of the film crew on the set of a number of films as a director of photography. These days he has moved into the sphere of entrepreneurship, is engaged in producing activities and is now better known as the husband of the famous volleyball player Ekaterina Gamova.
Roots
Mikhail Mukasey was born in the creative family of actress and director Svetlana Druzhinina and famous cinematographer, USSR State Prize laureate Anatoly Mukasey. Mikhail’s grandfather and grandmother were famous Soviet intelligence officers, so Mukasey’s roots are quite stellar.
Mikhail's parents are friendly married couple, have been together for many years and support each other in everything. Having experienced the loss of their eldest son (Mikhail’s brother, Anatoly) in 1986, they found the strength to continue living a full creative life, and are now actively participating in the fate of Mikhail and his third wife Ekaterina.
Family today
Mikhail Mukasey is married for the third time. His chosen one was the world famous Russian volleyball star Ekaterina Gamova. Mikhail had been married twice before, and he has children - a son and a daughter. Currently Katya has finished sports career, but, according to her, she is not going to sit at home. She announced the reason for leaving the team sports injury and a number of unsuccessful performances.
The couple met in 2011 while filming a promotional video. Tall, pretty Ekaterina (the former athlete's height is 2 meters 2 centimeters) could not help but attract the attention of Mikhail, who was working as a cameraman. The star wedding took place on a warm summer day on August 17, 2012, which was soon reported by all the tabloids.
Modest wedding
The event took place in the circle of her closest relatives, Ekaterina looked like a special beauty in a custom-made dress. The former athlete never favored journalists, and her personal life was always hidden behind a veil of secrecy. The press was not too happy at the last wedding banquet either. A number of publications were denied permission to photograph weddings. Ekaterina and Mikhail Mukasey commissioned professional photographers to take photos at their wedding.
Mikhail's son was present at the event. He is quite old, goes to school and managed to make friends with his father’s chosen one in advance. There were rumors that Katya destroyed Mikhail's previous marriage, but this is not so. At the time of meeting her, Mukasey was already divorced.
The wedding took place according to all Russian traditions. There was a bride price and fun competitions, and toasts to the happiness of the young. Gifts were received mainly in monetary terms, as is now customary. The newlyweds spent their honeymoon in Nice.
Not a couple?
Many people are haunted by Catherine’s tall height and other parameters. Gossips claim that her shoe size is 49! Neither Ekaterina nor her husband have any complexes about the difference in height. Do such little things matter to two loving hearts? Mikhail Mukasey does not advertise his height, rightly believing that a man has other advantages. And his height in itself is quite decent. He is 15 years older than his wife, and she feels safe and confident next to her husband.
Mikhail’s parents treat their daughter-in-law warmly and accepted her as a daughter. When their daughter-in-law competed at international competitions, Svetlana and Alexey flew abroad to support Katya’s morale. In an interview, Druzhinina spoke of her as a very wise woman.
Let's hope that new family, which has existed for 4.5 years, will turn out to be as strong and friendly as that of Mikhail’s parents. After all, whatever you say, close and dear people are the greatest value in the life of every person. The couple probably has plans to have heirs, but they don’t talk about this in advance. Time will show.
