Yekaterina Lisina

Yekaterina Viktorovna Lisina (Russian: Екатерина Викторовна Лисина, born October 15, 1987), is a Russian model and former basketball player. She currently holds a Guinness World Record for the tallest professional model. Throughout her basketball career, she competed for the Russian National Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.[1]

Ekaterina Lisina
Yekaterina Lisina in 2012
Personal information
Born (1987-10-15) October 15, 1987
Penza, Penza Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Listed height6 ft 8.77 in (2.0516 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
PositionCenter
Career history
2006–2009WBC CSKA Moscow
2009Good Angels Košice
2010WBC Spartak Moscow Region
2011–2014Dynamo Kursk
Medals
Representing  Russia
Women's Basketball
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingTeam Competition
World Championships
2006 Brazil
European Championships
2007 Italy
2009 Latvia

Without shoes, Lisina stands 2.0516 m tall (6 ft 8.77 in). In 2014, she ended her professional basketball career and became a professional model and is founder of "World's Tallest Models" modeling agency.

World record holder

Lisina held two world records—the record for the woman with the longest legs, and for the tallest professional model (at 2.0516 m or 6’ 8.77”)—and had appeared in the Guinness World Records 2018.[2][3] She also has been officially recognized as having the biggest feet of any woman in Russia.[4] In October 2020, the world record for woman with the longest legs went to Texas teenager, Maci Currin, standing at 6’ 10” (over 2.08 m). [5] Lisina still holds the other records.

References
  1. Yekaterina Lisina Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  2. Video: Meet the 6’ 9” Russian model with the world’s longest legs Rachel Swatman 11 September 2017
  3. "7 days quiz: What has this woman entered the record books for?". BBC News. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. "Meet Ekaterina Lisina, Tallest Professional Model At 6 ft 8 inches". India.com. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. "World's Longest Legs Record Broken By Texas Teen". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 22 December 2020.


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