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Ekaterina Lisina is one of very few people with both an Olympic medal and a modeling career. This page traces how she moved from basketball to fashion, what she has said about shopping for clothes and shoes, and six posts from her Instagram.
Ekaterina Lisina, born October 15, 1987 in Penza, Russia, won Olympic bronze in women's basketball at Beijing 2008 and later became a professional model. Guinness World Records recognized her as the tallest professional model in its 2018 edition.
Guinness reported that she always wanted to be a model and stepped away from the sport to pursue it. She told the organization she hoped her records would make her "an inspiration to girls who are not very confident," and that she was teased at school, although she felt at ease at home in a family of tall people.
In the same 2017 interview, she said trousers that fit are hard to find and that finding feminine shoes is tricky. It is a practical issue many very tall women share, and it shapes how a model in her position dresses off the job: tailored or made-to-measure pieces, and footwear chosen as much for availability as for trend.
Guinness also quoted her joking that the records come with benefits: "I can walk much faster than other people."
Her screen credits outside sport are music videos, most widely seen in Oliver Tree's "Cowboys Don't Cry" in 2022. Her Lady Dimitrescu cosplay, which Kotaku covered in March 2021 according to Wikipedia, added costume work to that list: dressing as a video game character rather than for a client brief.
Six posts from her account appear below. They date from August 2025 to May 2026, sorted by the timestamp in each link.
Posted August 7, 2025 by @ekaterina_lisina15. Her caption sits with the post itself.
Posted October 29, 2025 by @ekaterina_lisina15. Her caption sits with the post itself.
Posted February 25, 2026 by @ekaterina_lisina15. Her caption sits with the post itself.
Posted April 16, 2026 by @ekaterina_lisina15. Her caption sits with the post itself.
Posted April 26, 2026 by @ekaterina_lisina15. Her caption sits with the post itself.
Posted May 21, 2026 by @ekaterina_lisina15. Her caption sits with the post itself.
Body measurements, including the figures in her Guinness entries, are not repeated here, and neither are footwear measurements. Her family life and son are mentioned in public records but are not relevant to her style.
Yes. She won bronze with Russia's women's basketball team at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Guinness World Records lists her as the tallest professional model, announced in 2017 for its 2018 edition.
Yes, including Oliver Tree's "Cowboys Don't Cry" in 2022.
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