Guinness World Records unveils New Tallest Man!
- 15 years ago
The 2010 edition of the Guinness World Records book unveils a world exclusive in the shape of a new World’s Tallest Man.
Guinness World Records Editor-in-chief, Craig Glenday, travelled to Turkey earlier this year to personally validate the claim of 27 year old Sultan Kosen who measures a staggering 8ft 1in (246.5cm). Sultan also has the world’s ‘largest hands’ and ‘largest feet’ measuring 27.5 cm and 36.5 cm respectively. He is the first person to officially measure over 8 ft in more than a decade and is a triple record holder. He stole the record from Bao Xishun (Mongolia), after Leonid Stadnyk’s (Ukraine) claim to the title was discredited when he refused to be independently measured.
Guinness World Records Editor-in-chief, Craig Glenday, travelled to Turkey earlier this year to personally validate the claim of 27 year old Sultan Kosen who measures a staggering 8ft 1in (246.5cm). Sultan also has the world’s ‘largest hands’ and ‘largest feet’ measuring 27.5 cm and 36.5 cm respectively. He is the first person to officially measure over 8 ft in more than a decade and is a triple record holder. He stole the record from Bao Xishun (Mongolia), after Leonid Stadnyk’s (Ukraine) claim to the title was discredited when he refused to be independently measured.