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 Dydek in September 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 April 1974 Warsaw, Poland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 May 2011 (aged 37) Brisbane, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 1998: 1st round, 1st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Utah Starzz | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1998–2008 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Utah Starzz / San Antonio Silver Stars | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Connecticut Sun | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Los Angeles Sparks | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
| FIBA Hall of Fame as player | |||||||||||||||
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Małgorzata Teresa Dydek-Twigg, also known as Margo Dydek (28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011),[1] was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, she was famous for being the tallest professional female basketball player in the world.[2] She played center position for multiple teams in the WNBA and was a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League.[3] She was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit (1999).[4]
She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2019.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (27 May 2011). "Margo Dydek, Towering Women's Basketball Center, Dies at 37". The New York Times.
- ^ "Tallest WNBA player (ever)". Guinness World Records. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "WNBA.com: 2008 WNBA Transactions". wnba.com. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ Kancelaria Sejmu RP. "Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych". sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 15 August 2015.