Maria Stepanova

Maria Stepanova
Personal information
Born (1979-02-23) February 23, 1979
Shpakovskoye, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Russian
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft 1998 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8th overall
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Position Center
Career history
1998–2001, 2005 Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards

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.

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.

Honours and awards

Preceded by
Inaugural
FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year
2005, 2006
Succeeded by
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
Preceded by
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year
2008
Succeeded by
Sandrine Gruda


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