Yekaterina Lisina facts for kids
Yekaterina Lisina in 2012
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| Born | 15 October 1987 Penza, Penza Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 9.2 in (2.06 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pro career | 2006–2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2009 | WBC CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Good Angels Košice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | WBC Spartak Moscow Region | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | Dynamo Kursk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yekaterina Viktorovna Lisina (Russian: Екатерина Викторовна Лисина; born 15 October 1987), also known as Ekaterina Lisina, is a Russian model and former basketball player. She currently holds a Guinness World Record as the tallest professional model. Throughout her basketball career, she competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.
World record holder
Lisina held two world records: the record for the woman with the longest legs, with her left leg at 132.8 cm (52.28 in/4 ft 4.28 in) and her right leg at 132.2 cm (52.04 in/4 ft 4.04 in), and for the tallest professional model at 205.16 cm (80.77 in/6 ft 8.77 in), and has also been officially recognized as having the largest feet for a woman in Russia (EU 47/US 16), all of which was awarded by Guinness World Records and published in their 2018 issue.
In October 2020, the world record for woman with the longest legs went to 6'10 (208.28 cm) Texas teenager Maci Currin, with her left leg at 135.267 cm (53.255 in/4 ft 5.255 in) and her right leg at 134.3 cm (52.874 in/4 ft 4.874 in.) She also formerly held the teenage version of the same record before aging out of it.
Personal life
Lisina is fond of reading and singing karaoke. She loves to take pictures. Lisina used to embroider paintings.
She is a follower of Hinduism and became a vegetarian after she converted.
On January 24, 2011, Ekaterina Lisina gave birth to her son.
See also
In Spanish: Yekaterina Lísina para niños
