Ekaterina Viktorovna Lisina is a professional Russian basketball player. It gained popularity after falling into the Guinness Book of Records in the nomination "The longest legged girl in the world." Ekaterina was also awarded the honored master of sports of Russia. Today, the girl is a popular athlete, a caring mother and a charming fashion model.
Today we will consider the biography of professional Russian basketball player Ekaterina Lisina.
Childhood
Ekaterina Lisina was born on October 15, 1987 in the city of Penza. The girl's parents are professional basketball players. As a child, Catherine did not have much choice about her future, so the little girl took up basketball from a young age. Parents did their best to help their daughter in her endeavors.
At 10 years old, the girl additionally attended volleyball classes, but she did not find much success in it, so she threw all her strength into basketball.
Career
Due to the outstanding growth of 2 meters and 6 centimeters, Catherine was not deprived of attention from the basketball clubs. The beginning of a career with Ekaterina Lisina began in the Penza School of Sports. From the very beginning of her career, the girl played in the center position.
At 12, the girl moved to Slovakia with her family. The first professional club in the career of a young athlete was the Hungarian MiZo Pech. In the first game season, Catherine played for the youth team, and the next season was transferred to the main team. During a performance in a Hungarian club, the girl won the national championship twice. The next basketball clubs were Moscow “Spartak”, where the young basketball player acted on a lease, and “CSKA”, which owned the rights to the basketball player.
During a performance at CSKA Moscow, the Russian basketball player won bronze and silver medals in the national championship, and also won the Russian Cup and the world league with the team.
At 22, due to financial problems at the Moscow club, Catherine moved to the Slovak “Kosice”. During the game season, the Russian basketball player returned to Spartak Moscow, where she played until the end of the game season, winning gold medals in the women's Euroleague and silver medals of the championship. At the end of the season, the club did not dare to renew the contract with the young basketball player due to her sudden pregnancy.
After the playing season at Spartak, the young basketball player took an annual pause in connection with the birth of a child. The next season, Catherine quickly gained form, and signed a two-year contract with Dynamo from Kursk. After the first season spent in Dynamo, a young basketball player was included in the expanded list of the Russian national team for the Olympics. However, Catherine was not able to get into the final composition because of strong competition.
In 2014, Catherine decided to complete her professional career as a basketball player and to devote all her efforts to raising a child.
Awards
During her professional career, Catherine received over ten prestigious team awards. In 2008, the Russian athlete was awarded the honored master of sports of Russia.
Personal life
After completing her professional career, the young girl became a model. Ekaterina is constantly filming for popular Russian magazines. Currently lives in Krasnodar, where he single-handedly raising a small son. The girl does not have a young man.
Ekaterina is recognized as the tallest girl in Russia. She is also the owner of the largest female foot. In 2013, Ekaterina Lisina starred in the video of the famous USB group.
Hobby
In her free time, Ekaterina Lisina prefers to read fiction and take pictures for fashionable Russian magazines. In childhood, she loved to embroider paintings.