![]() Ilona Korstin in London 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 30 May 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WNBA draft | 2001 / Round: 2 / Pick: 29th overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1996–2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–2003 | CJM Bourges Basket | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | VBM-SGAU Samara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2009 | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | Spartak M.R. Vidnoje | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Beşiktaş | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Perfumerías Avenida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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