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7 ft 9 in: Chinese basketball player. Formerly second-tallest living person. born 1983 Bao Xishun: China: 236.1 cm: 7 ft 9 in: Considered the tallest living person by Guinness World Records until September 2009 when he was replaced by Sultan Kösen. [49] born 1951 Naseer Soomro: Pakistan: 236 cm: 7 ft 9 in: Tallest confirmed man living in ...
The Florida Gators' 7-foot, 9-inch tall center Olivier Rioux met Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, as seen in a TikTok video posted over the weekend.
Olivier Rioux was born in Terrebonne on February 2, 2006, to Jean-François, a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) photographer and former volleyball player, and Anne Gariépy, who is 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), and works at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). His 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) older brother, Émile, has also played basketball.
5 ft 9 in 5 ft 9 in: 175 cm 175 cm: 3 in 3 in: 8 cm 8 cm 1852: Franklin Pierce: 5 ft 10 in 178 cm: Winfield Scott [76] 6 ft 5 in 196 cm: 7 in 18 cm 1848: Zachary Taylor: 5 ft 8 in 173 cm: Lewis Cass [77] 5 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in 174 cm: 1 ⁄ 2 in 1 cm 1844: James K. Polk: 5 ft 8 in 173 cm: Henry Clay [78] 6 ft 1 in 185 cm: 5 in 13 cm 1840: William ...
Olivier Rioux is listed at 7-foot-9 on Florida's website, which would make him the tallest college basketball player ever. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) (Andy Lyons via Getty Images)
Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 NCAA college basketball player at Florida, dunks the ball as he practices with the team, Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. In its 1981 edition the Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man, the tallest non-pathological giant and the largest true giant in recorded history at 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m), he also had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man at 80 inches (203 cm).
8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois , was an American man. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.