Leonid Stadnyk
Ukrainian farmer who claimed to have stood at 2.57 m
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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).[2]
Born
5 August 1970
Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk
5 August 1970
Died24 August 2014 (aged 44)
Podoliantsi, Chudniv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
Height8 ft 5.5 in (2.578 m) (disputed)
7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) (according to photographic evidence[1])
7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) (according to photographic evidence[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 |
| Height | 8 ft 5.5 in (2.578 m) (disputed) 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) (according to photographic evidence[1]) |
Death
Stadnyk died at the age of 44 on 24 August 2014 from a brain hemorrhage.[3]
See also
- 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