{{Short description|Italian water polo player (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|9 July 1985}} | birth_place = Empoli, Italy | country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy | headercolor = lightsteelblue | nationality = Italian | sport = Water polo | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Athens | Team Competition}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Eindhoven|Team Competition}} {{MedalSilver| 2006 Belgrade | Team Competition}} {{MedalCompetition|FINA World Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2006 Tianjin|Team Competition}} }}

'''Elena Gigli''' (born 9 July 1985) is a female water polo goalkeeper from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She was the top goalkeeper at the 2012 Olympics, with 56 saves.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo |url=https://fina.org/sites/default/files/general/2012-ro-s-london_official_results_fina2.pdf |website=fina.org |publisher=FINA |page=341 |access-date=20 June 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214205330/https://fina.org/sites/default/files/general/2012-ro-s-london_official_results_fina2.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> She also won silver medal in European championship in Belgrado in 2006. Her club team is Fiorentina Waterpolo Giotti (Italy) and she won the Len Champions Cup and Italian league in 2006/2007.

==See also== * Italy women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in women's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) * List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments * List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers

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