# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-stepanova
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:56:07.668Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-stepanova"
name: "Maria Stepanova"
slug: "maria-stepanova"
description: "Maria Alexandrovna Stepanova is a Russian professional and Olympic basketball player. In the United States, she played for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)."
tagline: "Russian basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stepanova-Maria.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1979-02-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.52
  momentum:             0.2502406159769008
  historical:           18.37167333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Степанова Марія Олександрівна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "ماريا ستيبانوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "ماريا ستيبانوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Step%C3%A1nova"
    title: "María Stepánova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Степанова, Мария Александровна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_St%C4%9Bpanovov%C3%A1"
    title: "Marija Stěpanovová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Alexandrowna_Stepanowa"
    title: "Marija Alexandrowna Stepanowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Stepanova"
    title: "Maria Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Step%C3%A1nova"
    title: "María Stepánova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7"
    title: "ماریا استپانوا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Stepanova"
    title: "Maria Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Stepanova"
    title: "Marija Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%91%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AF"
    title: "マリア・ステパノワ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Stepanova"
    title: "Marija Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Stepanova"
    title: "Maria Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Stepanova"
    title: "Maria Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Stepanova"
    title: "Marija Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marija_Stiepanowa"
    title: "Marija Stiepanowa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Stepanova"
    title: "Maria Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Степанова, Мария Александровна"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Stepanova_(basketspelare)"
    title: "Maria Stepanova (basketspelare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Stepanova"
    title: "Mariya Stepanova"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294004"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump