Margo Dydek
Polish basketball player (1974–2011)
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- Małgorzata Teresa Dydek-Twigg (28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011), better known as Margo Dydek , was a Polish professional basketball player.
- 18 m) tall, she was the tallest professional female basketball player in the world.
- Outside of Europe, she played 11 seasons in the WNBA, for three teams, and was a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League.
- She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2019.
- 01 m) father and a 6-foot-3-inch (1.
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WikipediaMałgorzata Teresa Dydek-Twigg (28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011), better known as Margo Dydek, was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, she was the tallest professional female basketball player in the world. Playing center position, she won nine national championships in Poland and four in Spain during her career. Outside of Europe, she played 11 seasons in the WNBA, for three teams, and was a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League. She was awarded the Polish Gold Cross of Merit (1999).
She was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2019.
Dydek was born 28 April 1974 in Warsaw, Poland, to a 6-foot-7-inch (2.01 m) father and a 6-foot-3-inch (1.91 m) mother. She had two sisters; her elder sister, Katarzyna (6 ft 7 in [2.01 m]) had played for the Colorado Xplosion of the now-defunct ABL. Her younger sister, Marta (6 ft 6 in [1.98 m]), graduated from the University of Texas–El Paso where she played basketball, and played professionally in Spain in the 2000s.
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