A woman famed for having the world’s longest legs has landed a job as a high school basketball coach.
Svetlana Pankratova, 41, whose limbs measure 4ft 4in, is working as an assistant coach for the girls’ team at George Mason High School in Falls Church, Virginia.
The Russian-native told the Falls Church News Press that she is ’grateful for the opportunity’ and really enjoys her new role.
It is not a random move for the record-breaker, and she traveled the world playing for a number of basketball teams before retiring from the sport in 2000.
‘It was great to get back to
basketball and I really do enjoy it,’ she added.
‘It brings all the nice memories back and I just enjoy giving [the girls] what I know to help them any way I can.
‘It also feels good because I played there and I’m there with the team who has a lot of success.’
Ms Pankratova is well-acquainted with the state of Virginia as she spent three years playing women’s basketball at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1992 to 1995.
After living in the Costa del Sol in Spain for a short time she returned to the U.S. in 2010 after reconnecting with a former love interest, Jack Gosnell, and the two married a year later.
Bryan Thomas, head coach of George Mason girls’ varsity team, found out that Ms Pankratova had moved to the area and offered her a job in the middle of the 2010-11 season.
Ms Pankratova, who grew up in Volgograd, Russia, explained that it took years for her to realize the benefits of being tall and at school she was bullied for her height.
‘It wasn’t easy because kids do tease you,’ the 6ft 5in blonde said.
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