Alkistis Christina Benekou (Greek: Άλκηστις Χριστίνα Μπενέκου, born 31 January 1994) is a water polo player from Greece.[1]

Alkistis Christina Benekou
Personal information
Born (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 30)
Greece
Sport
SportWater polo
ClubEthnikos
Updated on 16 December 2022.

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.

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  1. ^ a b Alkistis Benekou at FINA
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "BCN 2013 Greek Women's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ Alkistis Benekou at Sun Devil Athletics