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Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk (Ukrainian: Леонід Степанович Стадник; 5 August 1970 – 24 August 2014) was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) though photographic evidence suggests he was not taller than 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m).[1]
Leonid Stadnyk | |
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Леонід Стадник | |
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| Born | Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk 5 August 1970 |
| Died | 24 August 2014 (aged 44) Podoliantsi, Chudniv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Height | 8 ft 5.5 in (2.578 m) (disputed) 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) (according to photographic evidence)[1][usurped] |
Death
editStadnyk died at the age of 44 on 24 August 2014 from a brain hemorrhage.[2]
See also
edit- List of tallest people
- Bao Xishun, the previous holder of tallest man Guinness title
- Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), the tallest man in history
- Sultan Kösen, the current tallest man in Guinness title
References
edit- ^ "Leonid Stadnyk, The tallest man or a fraud". 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Will Stewart (27 August 2014). "World's 'tallest man' at 8ft dies age 44". Daily Mirror.
External links
edit- https://www.gq.com/story/lenoid-stadnyk-tallest-man-russia-200503?printable=true
- PHOTO from life of giant (in Russian)
- AP article
- San Clemente doctor gets to know giant, The Orange County Register
- Photo at Ukrainian country side, Photos in UemA
- "Ukrainian is world's tallest man". BBC News. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
- Guinness official record of Leonid Stadnyk's height, based on a measurement by the Ukrainian Book of Records.