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  2. Height in sports - Wikipedia

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    Other top greats of the game in the 21st century have been tall players, such as Andy Roddick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) and Gustavo Kuerten 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m). Lindsay Davenport 1.89 m (6 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), Maria Sharapova 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in), Dinara Safina and Venus Williams both 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) are successful tall players on the women's side.

  3. List of tallest players in NBA history - Wikipedia

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    0.7 .500 — 1 0.3 1 0.3 First NBA player of Indian descent. Played 16 seconds in his debut on April 7, 2015. 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) [7] 275 lb (125 kg) Slavko Vraneš Montenegro: Portland Trail Blazers 1 0 0.0 .000 — 0 0.0 0 0.0 Played in one game, on January 8, 2004 against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Played 3 minutes, with one shot attempt ...

  4. Olivier Rioux - Wikipedia

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    Olivier Rioux (born February 2, 2006) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). [1] Guinness World Records declared him the tallest teenager in the world in 2021, he measured 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) at age 15. [2] He now stands 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) [3] tall.

  5. Chet Holmgren - Wikipedia

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    Holmgren was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [3] He grew up playing basketball under the tutelage of his father, Dave Holmgren, who stands 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) tall and who played college basketball for the University of Minnesota from 1984 to 1988.

  6. Is Bob Wegner the world's tallest pro basketball player? - AOL

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    Either way, we promise you ... he's really, really tall. He has a hand span of 28 cm across, and in US footwear, he's a size 23. "From the ages of 13 onwards I was well over 6 feet 6 inches and I ...

  7. China's 7-foot-3 teen basketball star towers over her ... - AOL

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    At her current height of 7 foot 3 she is 3 inches shorter than Yao, 43, who was one of the tallest players in the history of the National Basketball Association. Players in the Women’s National ...

  8. Richard Sligh - Wikipedia

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    At 7 ft 0 in, Sligh is the tallest player in professional American football history. [7] The next tallest are Matt O'Donnell at 6 ft 11 in, Morris Stroud at 6 ft 10 in, and Dan Skipper at 6 ft 10 in. [8]

  9. Wilt Chamberlain - Wikipedia

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    Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons. He has been called the greatest basketball player of all time, [ disputed – discuss ] was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, and was elected to the NBA's 35th , 50th , and 75th anniversary teams.