Svetlana Pankratova - the owner of the longest legs in the world

"Patience and work will all peretrut!" - says the old folk wisdom. It is these thoughts and guided by the owner of the longest legs Svetlana Pankratova, year after year sending the application for an application in the Guinness Book of Records. Drew attention to her only in 2008, but since then she confidently holds the lead in her rank.

Data: the growth of Svetlana Pankratova is 1.95 cm, the length of the legs is 132 cm.

Biography

Svetlana was born on April 29, 1971 in the former USSR, in the city of Volgograd. She was the highest since the kindergarten. At school, the growth gave the girl a lot of trouble - she was teased, and her mother was very problematic to pick her clothes in size. The situation changed somewhat later - Svetlana wanted to try herself in swimming, but she was quickly noticed by basketball coaches. Since then, the record holder's life is connected with this kind of sport . This helped, over time, and get rid of complexes, and feel like a full-fledged person.

Russian Svetlana Pankratova first played for the St. Petersburg team "Wave", and afterwards she managed to escape and fly abroad, in the USA, where she acted as a member of a university team in the state of Virginia. But she did not stay there either.

After a while Sveta moved again - this time to Spain. She decided to change her life and start selling real estate.

Attempts

One day the girlfriend of the record holder suggested that Svetlana Pankratova's legs are probably the longest in the world. "Why not check?" - decided Svetlana and went to "execution" in the notary office. Yes, filing an application is not an easy matter. Measurements are taken by a doctor and necessarily in the presence of a notary and two witnesses. It is measured as the length of the legs from the inside of the thigh, and from the outside, from the ilium and to the floor. In 2003, her first application was sent.

As already after Svetlana said, no one after 6 years and did not give her any more or less explanatory explanations why her data were not considered. All these years record holder Sam Stacy was considered - the length of her legs was 127.6 cm - by as much as 5 cm below.

Luck and recognition

In 2008 Svetlana Pankratova told unrequited applications and her long legs to an English journalist who was a friend of her friend. Actually, after a while the process moved. The record holder believes that, perhaps, he lobbied the situation.

Anyway, Sveta's ordeal was over - she got a call from London and was invited to a presentation of the new edition of the Book, explaining that she would be added to the new lists as a record holder. It was in the beginning of autumn.

When, already recognized the owner of the longest legs in the world, Svetlana Pankratova came to the English capital, she was photographed with the smallest person in Trafalgar Square. He was a Chinese man, Hee Pingjin, his height barely reaches 74 cm. With simple calculations one can understand that the length of the feet of a Russian woman is almost twice as large as the height of this little Chinese. Sveta was dressed in a spectacular and short blue dress , Hee - in a blue robe with traditional eastern embroidery.

Glory and Interview

Contrary to popular belief, people who fall into the Guinness Book of Records do not receive material rewards for this. In several interviews that Svetlana gave, she shared her impressions: "The book becomes a bestseller, you, thanks to her - a celebrity, and what you will do with it depends only on you." She admits that, unfortunately, she did not receive any particularly interesting or profitable proposals.

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