Meanwhile Venezuelan Jeison Orlando Rodriguez Hernandez has held the record for largest feet on a living person (male) since 2014 when the right was 40.1 cm (1 ft 3.79 in) and his left foot measured 39.6 cm (1 ft 3.59 in). 18 September 1980), who measured 199.73 cm (6 ft 6.63 in) in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 25 September 2014. The tallest ballet dancer is Fabrice Calmels (France, b. Measuring 236.17 cm (7 ft 8.98 in), Sun also holds the title of tallest basketball player. When Sun Mingming married Xu Yan (both China), they became the tallest married couple living, having a combined height of 423.47 cm (13 ft 10.72 in). Sultan also currently boasts the largest hands, at 28.5 cm (11.2 in) from wrist to fingertip. Since the tumour was operated on in 2010, tests have seen Sultan’s hormone levels return to normal, so he’s unlikely to grow further. Sultan’s huge height is also the result of an over-active pituitary gland, although his was caused by the presence of a tumour. His record was broken later that year by Turkey’s Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) who measured 251 cm (8 ft 2.8 in) in Ankara, Turkey, on 8 February 2011. 26 January 1982) became the tallest person living after he was found to measure 246.3 cm (8 ft 0.97 in). Yao Defen sadly died in November 2012 which means we have no record holder for this category at present. She recorded an average height of 233.3 cm (7 ft 7 in) when last documented and achieved the tallest woman living title. Jumping ahead a few years, one of the more recent cases of a record-breaking giant is that of Yao Defen from China. To this day she remains the tallest woman ever. She began to grow abnormally from the age of four months, suffering from both scoliosis and diabetes, and stood 156 cm (5 ft 1 1/2 in) before her fourth birthday and 217 cm (7 ft 1 1/2 in) when she was aged 13. Zeng Jinlian (China, born 26 June 1964) of Yujiang village in the Bright Moon Commune, Hunan Province, measured 246.3 cm (8 ft 1 in) when she died on 13 February 1982. She stood 1 m 90.5 cm (6 ft 3 in) tall by the age of 10 and was 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) by 16. When she was born in Chicago, she weighed 2.95 kg (6 lb 7 oz) and her abnormal growth began soon after. Sandy Allen (USA, born 18 June 1955) was last found to be 2 m 31.7 cm (7 ft 7.25 in). The first time Guinness World Records officially recognised someone as the tallest woman living was in 1975. He remains the tallest person in the world, ever. The tallest man ever in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence is Robert Wadlow, who when last measured on 27 June 1940 was found to be 2.72 m (8 ft 11.1 in) tall. Robert Wadlow’s first record title was the tallest teenager ever (male), measuring a huge 2.45 m (8 ft 0.5 in) at the age of 17. Her skeleton, now preserved in the Anatomical Museum in the Medical School at Birmingham University, measures 223.5m (7ft 4in) high. On 17 June 1871, Anna married Martin van Buren Bates, who stood 236.22 cm (7 ft 9 in) tall, and they became the tallest married couple ever.įollowing a head injury at the age of 11, Jane 'Ginny' Bunford, (born ) of Birmingham, UK, became the tallest woman ever. At six years old, she was reportedly taller than her 165.1-cm (5-ft 5-in) mother. By age four, Anna was said to have stood 137.16 cm (4 ft 6 in) tall and weighed 42.64 kg (94 lb). The tallest teenager ever (female) recorded is Anna Haining Swan (Canada, born 6 August 1846 died 5 August 1888), who grew until she was 17, when she reached 241.3 cm (7 ft 11 in). (Guinness World Records no longer monitor records based on countries or nationalities – just absolute, world records.) Measuring 2.46m 8ft 1in, Patrick Cotter OBrien (1760-1806) earned the title of tallest Irishman. Learn more about the world’s tallest men in our podcast, Guinness World Records: Behind The Book, available on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Stitcher.
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