Maria Stepanova
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February 23, 1979 Shpakovskoye, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | |||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 187 lb (85 kg) | |||||||||||||||
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| WNBA draft | 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall | |||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | |||||||||||||||
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| 1998–2001, 2005 | Phoenix Mercury | |||||||||||||||
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Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova (Russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Степа́нова; born February 23, 1979) is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player. In the United States, she played 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. | image = 0B9t8YS3fzzx4UGhkSXlhNmVKNms 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.
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