Yekaterina Lisina Explained

Ekaterina Lisina
Position:Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight:198lb
Nationality:Russian
Religion:Hinduism -->
Birth Date:1987 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Penza, Penza Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Career Start:2006
Career End:2014
Years1:2006–2009
Team1:WBC CSKA Moscow
Years2:2009
Team2:Good Angels Košice
Years3:2010
Team3:WBC Spartak Moscow Region
Years4:2011–2014
Team4:Dynamo Kursk

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.[1]

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.[2] [3] [4]

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.[5]

Popular culture

In addition to modeling, Lisina is a cosplayer who portrayed the Resident Evil Village antagonist Lady Dimitrescu.[6] As of November 2022 she has a social media following that has surpassed 10,000,000 garnering over 117,000,000 "likes".

Personal life

Lisina is fond of reading and singing karaoke. She loves to take pictures. Lisina used to embroider paintings.[7]

She is a follower of Hinduism and became a vegetarian after she converted.[8]

On January 24, 2011, Ekaterina Lisina gave birth to her son.[9]

In 2013, she starred in the video of the USB group "Two Meters of Love".

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220525/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/yekaterina-lisina-1.html Yekaterina Lisina Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  2. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2017/9/video-meet-the-69-russian-model-with-the-worlds-longest-legs Video: Meet the 6’ 9” Russian model with the world’s longest legs
  3. News: 7 days quiz: What has this woman entered the record books for?. 7 September 2017 . BBC News. 8 September 2017.
  4. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russian-model-ekaterina-lisina-with-worlds-longest-legs-breaks-guinness-record-1749356 Russian Model With World's Longest Legs Breaks Guinness Record
  5. Web site: World's Longest Legs Record Broken By Texas Teen. Guinness World Records. 22 December 2020.
  6. Web site: 6'9" Cosplaying Olympian Is Now Resident Evil's Tall Vampire Lady. 31 March 2021 . Kotaku. May 24, 2021.
  7. Web site: Баскетболистка Екатерина Лисина: "На свою свадьбу приглашу всю Пензу!". 2008-09-09. Комсомольская правда. 2014-05-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20140529210327/http://www.kp.ru/daily/24160/374294/. 2014-05-29. live.
  8. https://postcard.news/know-tallest-basketball-player-world-adopted-hinduism/ Know why the tallest Basketball player in the world adopted Hinduism?
  9. Web site: Пензенская баскетболистка Екатерина Лисина стала мамой.. 2011-01-31. Пенза-Спорт. 2014-02-26. 2014-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20140306043853/http://penza-sport.com/news/basketball/2153-2011. live.