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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 1,216,672 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Margo Dydek is the 393rd most popular basketball player (down from 335th in 2019), the 1,181st most popular biography from Poland (down from 998th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Basketball Player.

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  • 21

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  • 2.99

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Margo Dydek ranks 393 out of 1,268Before her are Cedric Maxwell, Bill Hougland, Kyle Korver, Rasho Nesterović, Al Attles, and Kevin Johnson. After her are Jamal Crawford, Sidney Moncrief, Roy Tarpley, Bojan Bogdanović, Felipe Reyes, and Joe Arlauckas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Margo Dydek ranks 409Before her are Tomomi Kahara, Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Paulo Jamelli, György Pálfi, and Mikael Stanne. After her are Faust, José Luís Peixoto, Tim Henman, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tümer Metin, and Maurizio Margaglio. Among people deceased in 2011, Margo Dydek ranks 445Before her are Jim Rathmann, Laurie Hughes, Clement Arrindell, Sexy Cora, Varkey Vithayathil, and Anwar al-Awlaki. After her are Pierre Quinon, Don Kirshner, Walt Hazzard, Mike Barrett, Xavier Tondo, and Ruslan Salei.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Margo Dydek ranks 1,181 out of 1,454Before her are Kayah (1967), Paweł Huelle (1957), Tomasz Radzinski (1973), Krzysztof Charamsa (1972), Kamil Grosicki (1988), and Łukasz Teodorczyk (1991). After her are Władysław Pasikowski (1959), Agata Kulesza (1971), Rafał Blechacz (1985), Piotr Mowlik (1951), Waldemar Legień (1963), and Joanna Jędrzejczyk (1987).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Poland

Among basketball players born in Poland, Margo Dydek ranks 2Before her are Marcin Gortat (1984). After her are Maciej Lampe (1985), Mateusz Ponitka (1993), and Adam Waczyński (1989).