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  2. List of tallest people - Wikipedia

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    11 ft 6 in: Height estimate ... Most sources state his height as 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m), ... high but found to be only at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) after measurements. [8 ...

  3. Human height - Wikipedia

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    Height measurement using a stadiometer. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect.It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2] [3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system.

  4. Yao Defen - Wikipedia

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    At birth she weighed 2.8 kilograms (6.2 lb). When she was eleven years old she was about 188 centimetres (6 ft 2 in) tall. She was 210 centimetres (6 ft 11 in) tall by the age of fifteen years. The story of this "giant woman" began to spread rapidly after she went to see a doctor at the age of fifteen for an illness.

  5. 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, world's tallest teenager, set to ...

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    According to his Florida profile, he was 6-foot-1 at just 8 years old, and was 6-foot-11 by the time he was in sixth grade, roughly four years later. ... Olivier Rioux was 7-foot 6 inches. He is ...

  6. List of track gauges - Wikipedia

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    2 ft 6 in: See 2 ft 6 in gauge railways: 765 mm 3 ft 6 in: DR Congo: Matadi–Kinshasa Railway, converted to 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) 1925–1931. [70] Denmark: See Narrow-gauge railways in Denmark: 775 mm: 2 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in: England: Jee's Hartshill Granite Quarry [71] Germany Bombergbahn , a funicular a funicular in Bad Pyrmont: 785 mm 2 ft 6 ...

  7. Track gauge in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some railways, primarily in the northeast, used standard gauge of 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm); others used gauges ranging from 2 ft (610 mm) to 6 ft (1,829 mm). As a general rule, southern railroads were built to one or another broad gauge, mostly 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ), while northern railroads that were not standard-gauge tended to be narrow-gauge.

  8. Reilly Opelka - Wikipedia

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    Reilly Opelka (born 28 August 1997) is an American professional tennis player. At 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m), he is tied (with Ivo Karlović) for the tallest-ever ATP-ranked player, and can produce serves that measure over 140 miles per hour (225 km/h). [3]

  9. Height in sports - Wikipedia

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    At 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Aaron Sandilands, Mason Cox and Peter Street equal the tallest players to have played in the AFL. [18] Brownlow medal winners have ranged in height from Tony Liberatore at 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) to Scott Wynd at 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in). In 2013, professional AFL players ranged 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) to 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in). [19]