Maria Stepanova

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Maria Stepanova
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Born	(1979-02-23) February 23, 1979 Shpakovskoye, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russia
Height	6 ft 7.8 in (2.03 m)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg)
WNBA career	1998–2001

Maria Stepanova
Medal record

Competitor for Russia
Women's Basketball
Olympic Games
Bronze	2004 Athens	Team Competition
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Team Competition

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

Honoured Master of Sports of Russia
Medal of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 1st class (2 August 2009) - for outstanding contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, high achievements in sports at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008

External links

WNBA Player Profile

v t e 1998 WNBA Draft

First Round	Margo Dydek Ticha Penicheiro Murriel Page Korie Hlede Allison Feaster Cindy Blodgett Tracy Reid Maria Stepanova Alicia Thompson Polina Tzekova

Second Round	Olympia Scott Tangela Smith Rita Williams Rachael Sporn Octavia Blue Suzie McConnell Christy Smith Andrea Kuklova Nadine Domond Nyree Roberts

Third Round	LaTonya Johnson Quacy Barnes Angela Hamblin Gergena Baranzova Rehema Stephens Tanja Kostic Pollyanna Johns Brandy Reed Albena Branzova Amaya Valdemoro

Fourth Round	Tricia Bader Adia Barnes Angela Jackson Sandy Brondello Erica Kienast Tammye Jenkins Sonia Chase Karen Wilkins Vanessa Nygaard Monica Lamb

v t e WNBA season blocks leaders

1997: Baranova 1998: Dydek 1999: Dydek 2000: Dydek 2001: Dydek 2002: Dydek 2003: Dydek 2004: Leslie 2005: Stepanova 2006: Dydek 2007: Dydek 2008: Leslie 2009: Parker 2010: Fowles 2011: Fowles 2012: Parker 2013: Griner

v t e Russia women's squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 5th place

4 Nikonova 5 Konovalova 6 Rutkovskaya 7 Stepanova 8 Baranova 9 Svinukhova 10 Kuznetsova 11 Zakalyuzhnaya 12 Sumnikova 13 Shakirova 14 Pshikova 15 Antipova Coach: Kapranov

v t e Russia women's squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 6th place

4 Nikonova 5 Pshikova 6 Rutkovskaya 7 Arteshina 8 Abrosimova 9 Skopa 10 Khudashova 11 Stepanova 12 Sumnikova 13 Shakirova 14 Zasulskaya 15 Arkhipova Coach: Gomelsky

v t e Russia women's squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

4 Arteshina 5 Rakhmatulina 6 Vodopyanova 7 Goustilina 8 Baranova 9 Shchegoleva 10 Korstin 11 Stepanova 12 Kalmykova 13 Karpova 14 Osipova 15 Arkhipova Coach: Kapranov

v t e Russia women's squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal

4 Kuzina 5 Rakhmatulina 6 Vodopyanova 7 Hammon 8 Karpunina 9 Shchegoleva 10 Korstin 11 Stepanova 12 Lisina 13 Sokolovskaya 14 Abrosimova 15 Osipova Coach: Grudin

Persondata
Name	Stepanova, Maria Stepanovna
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player
Date of birth	February 23, 1979
Place of birth	Shpakovskoye, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death
Place of death

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