Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova

Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova
Information about the player
Full name	Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova
birthday	February 23, 1979
place of birth	Shpakovskoye , Soviet Union
size	202 cm
position	center
WNBA Draft	1998 , 8th pick, Phoenix Mercury
Jersey number	8th
Clubs as active
1994-1995	Volna St. Petersburg
1995-1996	Forse-Majeure St. Petersburg
1996-1999	CSKA Moscow
1999-2002	Gambrinus Brno
2002	MiZo Pécs 2010
2003-2007	VBM-SGAU / ZSKA Samara
2007-2008	CSKA Moscow
2008–.	UGMK Yekaterinburg
WNBA clubs as active
1998-2001	Phoenix Mercury
2005–	Phoenix Mercury
1 As of October 1, 2015

Maria Stepanova ( Russian Мария Александровна Степанова * 23. February 1979 in Schpakowskoje , Soviet Union ) is a Russian basketball player who m with a height of 2.02 on the position of the center plays. In 2005, 2006 and 2008 she was voted Europe's basketball player of the year by FIBA Europe and in 2006 by La Gazzetta dello Sport .

At the age of 18, Stepanova was Russia's player with the most points and rebounds at the 1997 European Championship . With the national team it was in 2003 and 2007 European champion, won silver at the European Championships in 2001 and 2005 and the 2006 World Cup and won the bronze medal at the European Championship in 1999 and the Olympics in 2004 and 2008 . After a comparatively disappointing 7th place at the 2010 World Cup , Stepanova won her third European title in 2011 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Announcement by FIBA ​​Europe on January 24, 2007 (English)
2. ^ Announcement by Fox Sports on the 2007 election on January 5, 2008 (English)
3. ↑ Russian squad at the European Championship 1997

Web links

• Profile on the official website of the WNBA (English)
• Mariya Stepanova in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Maria Stepanova - player profile on basketball-reference.com