Uljana Semjonova

Uļjana Semjonova

Stefania Passaro boxing out Semjonova in 1982
Personal information
Born	9 March 1952 (1952-03-09) (age 64) Zarasai, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	217 cm (7 ft 1 in)
Weight	117 kg (258 lb)
Sport
Sport	Basketball
Club	TTT Riga
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1976 Montreal Team 1980 Moscow Team World Championships 1971 Brazil Team 1975 Colombia Team 1983 Brazil Team European Championships 1968 Italy Team 1970 Netherlands Team 1972 Bulgaria Team 1974 Italy Team 1976 France Team 1978 Poland Team 1980 Yugoslavia Team 1981 Italy Team 1983 Hungary Team 1985 Italy Team

Uļjana Larionovna Semjonova (Russian: Ульяна Ларионовна Семёнова, born 9 March 1952) is a retired Soviet-Latvian basketball player.

Standing at 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) or taller Semjonova was the leading women's basketball player in the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Wearing a men's size 21 (US) / 58 (EU) shoe, she was known for having the largest feet ever in women's basketball. For almost all of her playing career, she played for TTT Riga, which was part of Daugava Voluntary Sports Society. With TTT, she won 15 championships in the Soviet Union and the European Champion's Cup 15 times. Semjonova was also very dominant in international play, winning two Olympic Gold medals while playing for the USSR in 1976 and 1980 and never lost a game in official international competition.

She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1976, and in 1993 became the first non-US woman enshrined into the Basketball Hall of Fame. She was an inaugural member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in the class of 1999. In 2007, she was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame. During the 2007 Latvian sports personality of the year award ceremony, Semjonova received the Lifetime Contribution to Sport award.