4Ekaterina Gamova – Net worth: $1.422 million
Ekaterina or Yekaterina Aleksandrovna Gamova is a Russian volleyball player and the 4th richest from our top 10 list.
She is well known as being one of the tallest female athletes in the world (6 ft 8 in) tall with EU size 49 feet.
Among her awards are included 2004 Olympic Qualifier ‘Best Scorer’, ‘Best Blocker’ and ‘Best Server’, 2004 Olympic Games ‘Best Scorer’ and ‘Best Blocker’, 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix ‘Best Scorer’, 2006-07 Women’s Indesit European Champions’ League ‘Best Server’, 2007 European Championship ‘Best Scorer’, 2009-2010 Turkish League Regular Season MVP, Final Series MVP, Final Series Best Scorer and Final Series Best Hitter’.
Gamova was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championships and the silver medal in both the Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
She was named the ‘Best Opposite Spiker’ and ‘Most Valuable Player’ among the 2014 FIVB Club World Championship.
