Maria Stepanova

Maria Stepanova

Center
Born	February 23, 1979 (1979-02-23) Shpakovskoye, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russia
Height	6 ft 7.8 in (2.03 m)

Medal record
Competitor for Russia
Women's Basketball
Olympic Games
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team Competition
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Team Competition

Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova (Russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Степа́нова; born February 23, 1979) is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player. In the United States, she plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

At a height of 201 cm, she is the fourth-tallest player in the league (along with Katie Feenstra, Zheng Haixia and Lindsay Taylor). These players such as Margo Dydek, at 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m), Heidi Gillingham at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), and Allyssa DeHaan at 6 ft 9 inches (2.06m) are taller than her. She wears a size 15 (US) / 48 (EU) shoe. Though in the Russian national team, she has been overtaken by Ekaterina Lisina in being the tallest member.

Stepanova was born in the village of Shpakovskoye (now the town of Mikhaylovsk, in Stavropol Krai of the former Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, and grew up in Tosno, Leningrad Oblast.

External links

• WNBA Player Profile