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Uljana Semjonova

1952 - Today

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Uļjana Larionovna Semjonova (Russian: Ульяна Ларионовна Семёнова, romanized: Ul'yana Larionovna Semyonova; born 9 March 1952) is a retired Latvian basketball player of Russian descent who competed for the Soviet Union. Standing at least 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Semjonova was the leading women's basketball player in the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Wearing a men's size 21 (US) / 58 (EU) shoe, she was known for having the largest feet ever in women's basketball. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uljana Semjonova has received more than 216,295 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Uljana Semjonova is the 25th most popular basketball player (down from 21st in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 50th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Basketball Player.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Uljana Semjonova ranks 25 out of 1,757. Before her are Sergei Belov, Julius Erving, Oscar Robertson, Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, and Oscar Schmidt. After her are Elgin Baylor, John Havlicek, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Derrick Rose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Uljana Semjonova ranks 135. Before her are François Berléand, David Icke, Vandana Shiva, Graham Greene, Clive Barker, and Yuriko Koike. After her are Lars Peter Hansen, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Dirceu, Chuck Lorre, and Roger Y. Tsien.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Uljana Semjonova ranks 53 out of 328. Before her are Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), Sophia of Lithuania (1371), Birutė (1317), Bluma Zeigarnik (1900), Leopold Godowsky (1870), and Jonas Basanavičius (1851). After her are Elazar Shach (1898), Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Simon Dach (1605), and Aharon Barak (1936).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Lithuania

Among basketball players born in Lithuania, Uljana Semjonova ranks 2. Before her are Arvydas Sabonis (1964). After her are Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1976), Rimas Kurtinaitis (1960), Modestas Paulauskas (1945), Jonas Kazlauskas (1954), Šarūnas Marčiulionis (1964), Valdemaras Chomičius (1959), Stepas Butautas (1925), Sergejus Jovaiša (1954), Ramūnas Šiškauskas (1978), and Angelė Rupšienė (1952).

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