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- ↑ Longest legs - female Svetlana Pankratova (Russia) has the world's longest legs, verified as measuring 132 cm (51.9 in) in Torremolinos, Spain on 8 July 2003. Guinness World Records, updated 8 July 2003
- 1 2 Longest Female Legs - Die Längsten Frauenbeine!! -- Guinness World Records on YouTube 11-03-2009
- ↑ "Svetlana Pankratova: World's Longest Legs Strut in the City". wowOwow.com. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
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- ↑ "Svetlana Pankratova, woman with the world's longest female legs, is now a high school basketball coach". Washington Post. Associated Press. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ "7 days quiz: What has this woman entered the record books for?". BBC News . Retrieved 8 September 2017.