Leonid Stadnyk

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Leonid Stepanowytsch Stadnyk ( Ukrainian Леонід Степанович Стадник ; * around 1970 in Podoljanzi near Zhytomyr , Ukraine ; † August 2014 ) was the largest living person and is in the Guinness Book of Records .

biography

The continuous growth was due to a tumor in the brain pressing on the pituitary gland . As a result, his body produced more growth hormones . Since then it has continuously grown an inch a year . Its height, registered in the Guinness Book of Records, is 2.58 meters. He weighed over 200 kilograms and was size 68. At last he was 2.60 m.

His size was unclear for a long time because he refused to be measured. It was not until 2008 that he was listed as the “ tallest living person” in the Guinness Book of Records, replacing Bao Xishun from China , who is significantly smaller at 2.35 meters. Due to the size difference, the third mandatory measurement was omitted.

He was a trained veterinarian and lived with his mother in his birthplace. He died of a stroke in August 2014 at the age of 44.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Morten Freidel: The longest man in the world has died. In: FAZ.net . August 26, 2014, accessed August 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Ukrainian giant: 2.57 meter man dies after stroke. In: Spiegel Online . August 25, 2014, accessed August 20, 2019 .
  3. ^ Mark Franchetti: A Life in the Day: Leonid Stadnyk: the world's tallest man. In: thetimes.co.uk. August 20, 2019, accessed on August 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Tom Parfitt in Podoliantsi: He is 8ft 4ins tall, his hands are 11ins wide, his feet are size 23. And the world's tallest man is still growing. In: telegraph.co.uk. May 2, 2004, accessed August 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Afp: Leonid Stadnyk, 2.57 mètres, l'homme le plus grand du monde. In: liberation.fr. August 9, 2007, accessed August 20, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ Kashmira Gander: Former 'World's Tallest Man' Leonid Stadnyk dies aged 44 . In: The Independent , August 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ Ukrainian is world's tallest man. In: news.bbc.co.uk. August 8, 2007, accessed August 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Stadnyk, Leonid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stadnyk, Leonid Ivanovych; Стадник, Леонід Іванович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION greatest living person
DATE OF BIRTH around 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Podolyanzi near Zhytomyr , Ukraine
DATE OF DEATH August 2014