Svetlana Pankratova
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Svetlana Pankratova has, according to Guinness World Records
, the longest legs of any woman in the world.
While she is not the world's tallest woman, her legs are 132 centimetre long. Because her upper body is of much more typical dimensions, she is tall. She has also very large feet, size 13 (US) / 46 (EU).
Pankratova was born in Volgograd
, Russian SFSR
, USSR
. She played women's basketball
at Virginia Commonwealth University
in Richmond, Virginia
, USA
, from 1992 to 1995. She was an impact player, setting two school records which are still unbroken:
No. 1 ⁃ Career Blocked Shots, 1992–95 (176)
No. 1 ⁃ Single Season Total Blocked Shots, 1994–95 (75)
No. 8 ⁃ Single Season Field Goals, 1994–95 (178)
Pankratova appeared in Trafalgar Square
in London
on September 16, 2008 with He Pingping
, then the smallest man in the world (before his death in March, 2010), to promote the 2009 edition of the Guinness World Records.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
, the longest legs of any woman in the world.
While she is not the world's tallest woman, her legs are 132 centimetre long. Because her upper body is of much more typical dimensions, she is tall. She has also very large feet, size 13 (US) / 46 (EU).
Pankratova was born in Volgograd
Volgograd
Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...
, Russian SFSR
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....
, USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. She played women's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
at Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
in Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, from 1992 to 1995. She was an impact player, setting two school records which are still unbroken:
No. 1 ⁃ Career Blocked Shots, 1992–95 (176)
No. 1 ⁃ Single Season Total Blocked Shots, 1994–95 (75)
No. 8 ⁃ Single Season Field Goals, 1994–95 (178)
Pankratova appeared in Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is a public space and tourist attraction in central London, England, United Kingdom. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base. There are a number of statues and sculptures in the square, with one plinth displaying changing pieces of...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
on September 16, 2008 with He Pingping
He Pingping
He Pingping was, according to the Guinness World Records, the world's shortest man who was able to walk.- Early and personal life :He measured 74 cm tall, and was the third child of a family in Huade county, in the city of Ulanqab in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He had...
, then the smallest man in the world (before his death in March, 2010), to promote the 2009 edition of the Guinness World Records.