Margo Dydek
Dydek in 2008
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
28 April 1974 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | 27 May 2011 (aged 37) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Listed height | 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) |
| Listed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) |
| Career information | |
| WNBA draft | 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall |
| Selected by the Utah Starzz | |
| Playing career | 1998–2008 |
| Position | Center |
| Number | 12 |
| Career history | |
| 1998–2002 | Utah Starzz |
| 2003–2004 | San Antonio Silver Stars |
| 2005–2007 | Connecticut Sun |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Sparks |
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |
| International medals | ||
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| Women's basketball | ||
Representing  Poland |
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| European Championships | ||
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1999 Poland | Team |
Małgorzata Dydek (28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011), known as Margo Dydek in the United States, was a Polish international professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, she was famous for being the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. She played center position for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA and was a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League.
She was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit (1999).
Margo Dydek was born 28 April 1974 in Warsaw, Poland to a 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) father and a 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) mother. She had two sisters, her elder sister, Katarzyna (Kaska) (6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)) used to play for the Colorado Xplosion of the now defunct ABL, and in Poland. Her younger sister (12 years younger), Marta Krystyna, (6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)) graduated from the University of Texas-El Paso where she played basketball, and played in Spain professionally in the 2000s.
Dydek made her first trip to the United States in May 1998 for WNBA pre-draft camp. Dydek was drafted 1st overall in the 1998 WNBA Draft by the Utah Starzz (the franchise was subsequently transferred to San Antonio).
On 16 April 2005, during the 2005 WNBA Draft, the San Antonio Silver Stars traded Dydek to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for the Sun's first-round draft pick, Katie Feenstra from Liberty University.
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