BASKETBALL PLAYER

Margo Dydek

1974 - 2011

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Małgorzata Teresa Dydek-Twigg, also known as Margo Dydek (28 April 1974 – 27 May 2011), 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. She played center position for multiple teams in the WNBA and was a coach for the Northside Wizards in the Queensland Basketball League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margo Dydek has received more than 1,377,820 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Margo Dydek is the 329th most popular basketball player (up from 393rd in 2019), the 1,302nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,181st in 2019) and the most popular Polish Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Margo Dydek ranks 329 out of 1,757Before her are Klay Thompson, Alexey Shved, Victor Wembanyama, Jaka Lakovič, Mitch Richmond, and Adrian Dantley. After her are Dan Issel, Emir Mutapčić, Paul George, Hamed Haddadi, Marcin Gortat, and Mel Daniels.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Margo Dydek ranks 335Before her are Cristián de la Fuente, Kevin Connolly, Jeremy Sisto, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Mekhi Phifer, and Thomas Beatie. After her are Javi Moreno, Nuno Valente, CeeLo Green, Toranosuke Takagi, David Foenkinos, and Samoth. Among people deceased in 2011, Margo Dydek ranks 458Before her are Elaine Stewart, Bill Hunter, H. R. F. Keating, Kurt Lundquist, John M. Lounge, and Pierre Quinon. After her are Pavol Demitra, Pertti Purhonen, Fe del Mundo, Stefan Liv, Neil Young, and Tomoko Kawakami.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Margo Dydek ranks 1,302 out of 1,694Before her are Stanisław Szozda (1950), Piotr Nowak (1964), Zygmunt Kalinowski (1949), Jan Furtok (1962), Włodzimierz Ciołek (1956), and Robert Biedroń (1976). After her are Zbigniew Ziobro (1970), Kayah (1967), Józef Zapędzki (1929), Marcin Gortat (1984), George E. Stone (1903), and Uwe-Jens Mey (1963).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Poland

Among basketball players born in Poland, Margo Dydek ranks 1After her are Marcin Gortat (1984), Maciej Lampe (1985), Mateusz Ponitka (1993), Adam Waczyński (1989), and Szymon Rduch (1989).