Tallest Women
From TallPeople.net
235cm (7 Feet 8 Inches)
1) Defen Yao (China) - 235cm (7-8) (Unverified) Reported by Chinese media.
Number of women 7-8 or taller: 1
232cm (7 Feet 7 Inches)
2) Sandy Allen (USA) - 232cm (7-7 1/4) Measured by Guinness Book. Sandy Allen died 8/13/08 in Shelbyville, Ind.
Number of women 7-7 or taller: 2
225cm (7 Feet 5 Inches)
3) Maria Feliciana Santos (Brazil) - 225cm (7-5) (Current height unknown) Measured by Brazil media.
Number of women 7-5 or taller: 3
213cm (7 Feet 0 Inches)
4) Margo Dydek (Poland) - 213cm (7-0) Polish national team.
4) Uljana Semenova (Latvia) - 213cm (7-0) (Current Height unknown) Listed as 7-0 by Basketball Hall of Fame.
4) Lyuba Shilo (Ukraine) - 213cm (Unverified) Listed as 7-0 at several sources.
Number of women 7-0 or taller: 6
210 centimeters (6 Feet 11 Inches)
7) Gwen Bachman (USA) - 211cm (6-11) (Current height unknown) Listed as 6-11 during her playing years.
7) Linda Bruno (USA) - 211cm (6-11) (Unverified)
7) Gitika Srivastava (India) - 211cm (6-11) Listed as 6-11 in college team (Harvard).
Number of women 6-11 or taller: 9
209 centimeters (6 Feet 10 Inches)
10) Zorana Todorovic (Serbia) - 209cm (6-10) Listed as 6-10 in FIBA website.
Number of women 6-10 or taller: 10
208 centimeters (6 Feet 10 Inches)
10) Ellen Bayer (USA) - 208cm (6-10) Listed as 6-10 in college team (Texas).
10) Suzy Bendegue (Cameroon) - 208cm (6-10) Listed as 6-10 in college team (Georgetown).
10) Zainab Bibi (Pakistan) - 208cm (6-10) (Unverified) Listed as 210cm (6-10) by Pakistan media.
10) Jaana Kotova (Estonia) - 208cm (6-10) Listed as 6-10 by college team (West Virginia).
10) Elena Kravchenko (Belarus) - 208cm (6-10) Listed as 6-10 by college team (Virginia).
10) Silvia Mesa (Spain) - 208cm (6-10) Listed as 6-10 by college team (Florida International).
10) Alana Renaud (USA) - 208cm (6-10) (Corrent measurement?) Listed as 6-10 in college team (West Georgia).
10) Li Liu (China) - 208cm (6-10) Listed as 208cm in several Chinese newspapers.
10) Darina Yegerova (Russia) - 208cm (6-10) Listed in Russian team roster. Claimed in an interview.
10) Ebru Nur Ozyilmaz (Turkey) - 208cm (6-10) Listed in Turkish team roster.
Number of women 6-10 or taller: 20
206 centimeters (6 Feet 9 Inches)
20) Nelly Alisheva (Nelly Fonova) (Russia) - 206cm (6-9) Listed as 206cm in Russian pro volleyball team roster.
20) Marina Burmistrova (Russia) - 206cm (6-9) (Unverified) Listed as 6-9 in several sources.
20) Antje Dethloff (Germany) - 206cm (6-9) Height reported by German newspapers.
20) Ekaterina Gamova (Russia) - 206cm (6-9) Listed as 206cm by her Russian pro volleyball team roster.
20) Suzy Gyarfash (Israel) - 206cm (6-9) Listed as 6-9 by college team (UCLA).
20) Lindsay Hayward (USA) - 206cm (6-9) Listed as 6-9 by college team (Virginia).
20) Kathleen McIntyre (USA) - 206cm (6-9) (Current height unknown) Lists herself as 6-9 in own website.
20) Connie Waikle (USA) - 206cm (6-9) (Unverified) Listed as 6-9 in college team (Golden West).
20) Caroline Welz (Germany) - 206cm (6-9) (Correct measurement?) Listed as 6-9 in several sources.
20) Ugyur Yushaguli (China) - 206cm (6-9) Listed as 206cm in Chinese National team roster.
Number of women 6-9 or taller: 30
205 centimeters (6 Feet 8 1/2 Inches)
30) Young-Hee Kim (South Korea) - 205cm (6-8) Height reported by Korean media.
30) Yulia Merkoulova (Russia) - 205cm (6-8) Height reported by Russian volleyball club.
30) Oleksandra Prystupa (Ukraine) - 205cm (6-8) Height reported by Ukraine national basketball team.
30) Haixia Zheng (China) - 205cm (6-8) Height reported by Chinese media.
Number of women 6-8 1/2 or taller: 34
204 centimeters (6 Feet 8 1/2 Inches)
34) Milena Boteva (Bulgaria) - 204cm (6-8) Listed as 204cm in Italian pro volleyball team roster.
34) Sarah Foley (UK) - 204cm (6-8) (Unverified) Listed as 204cm in various resources.
34) Katarina Gaertner (Germany) - 204cm (6-8) Listed as 204cm in German pro volleyball team roster.
34) Eva Giauro (Italy) - 204cm (6-8) Height reported by Italian media.
34) Sylvia Klemmt (Germany) - 204cm (6-8) (Unverified) Listed as 204cm in various sources.
34) Martine Lefebvre (France) - 204cm (6-8) Height reported by French media.
34) Rose-Marie Scheffler (France) - 204cm (6-8) Reported by French Media.
Number of women 6-8 1/2 or taller: 41
203 centimeters (6 Feet 8 Inches)
41) Kylee Ballensky (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Height reported by college team (Eastern Michigan).
41) Rita Besa (Zambia) - 203cm (6-8) Height reported by college team (Chicago State)
41) Vasso Beskaki (Greece) - 203cm (6-8) Height reported by college team (New Orleans)
41) Branka Bogunovic (Serbia) - 203cm (6-8) Height reported by college team (Maryland).
41) Kristina Cesnaviciute (Lithuania) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by college team (Virginia Commonwealth)
41) Ricki Covette (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by various sources.
41) Alyssa DeHaan (MI, USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by high school team.
41) Kelly Ditto (CA, USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by college team (UC Davis).
41) Anne Donovan (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by college team (Old Dominion) and WNBA.
41) Katie Feenstra (MI, USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by college team (Liberty) and other sources (WNBA).
41) Heidi Gillingham-Jackson (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by college team (Tennessee).
41) Barbara Hartman Lynn (USA) - 203cm (6-8) (Unverified)
41) Anke Hillebrand (Germany) - 203cm (6-8) (Unverified)
41) Caroline Huttula (Sweden) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by Swedish Media.
41) Julia Kiseleva (Uzbekistan) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by several sources.
41) Dominique Luijckx (Netherlands) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by several sources.
41) Charlotte Lusschen (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by college team (UC Berkeley).
41) Joyce Maddox (USA) - 203cm (6-8) (Unverified)
41) Elena Matveeva (Ukraine) - 203cm (6-8) (Unverified)
41) Christa Morriss (USA) - 203cm (6-8) (Unverified)
41) Agnes Nemeth (Hungary) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by Hungarian media.
41) Lindsay Prewitt (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Height reported by college basketball team (LSU)
41) Rhonda Smith (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Height as reported by college basketball team (Long Beach State).
41) Maria Stepanova (Russia) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by WNBA.
41) Amanda Stringer (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by US media.
41) Lindsay Taylor (USA) - 203cm (6-8) Reported by college basketball team (UC Santa Barbara).
41) Olga Zhuzhgova (Russia) - 203cm (6-8) Height reported by Russian basketball team.
Number of women 6-8 or taller: 68
We expect more women to be added to the list above.
Notable Other Women
202 centimeters (6 Feet 7 1/2 Inches)
Olga Potashova (Russia) - 202cm (6-7) Height reported by various sources.
Katja Bavendam (Netherlands) - 202cm (6-7) Height reported by various sources.
Tracey Braithwaite (Australia) - 202cm (6-7) Height reported by various sources.
Razija Brcaninovic-Mujanovic (Bosnia) - 202cm (6-8) Height reported by basketball teams (WNBA, etc.)
Eun-Ju Ha (South Korea) - 202cm (6-7) Height reported by various sources.
Svetlana Rodionova (Russia) - 202cm (6-7) Height reported by various sources.
Danila Silveira de Mendonca Fabbri (Brazil) - 202cm (6-7) Height reported by various sources.
Isis de Melo Nascimento (Brazil) - 202cm (6-7) Height reported by various sources.
Pascale van Roy (Belgium) - 202cm (6-7) Height reported by various sources.
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1) Only women whose heights are verifiable to be true will be added to the list. People whose height cannot be verified (or hoax) will be listed at the bottom with an asterisk denoting the lack of verification.
2) Women whose height may have decreased due to their age will be denoted as such. We will try to list the actual height in the list, with a side note for her decrease in height. A few of the height statistics come from sources whose claims of height may be different due to conflicts of interest. These stats are denoted as such.
