There are many very tall people in this world, but it is really difficult to say who among them is the highest. According to the data, everyone recognizes that the tallest person in the world is Robert Wardlow of 2.72 meters, but the editor checked many materials and found that the tallest was not him. The following small editor took stock of the eight highest people in the world, let's take a look.
1. The tallest man in the world - Zhan Shichao (height 3.19 meters)
According to historical records, the eldest person who was "the tallest in the world" was Zhan Shichao, who was a native of Hongguan Village, Zheyuan Township, Wuyuan County, Anhui Province, in the Qing Dynasty, and such a tall height was inherited from his father's genes. According to the "Wuyuan County Chronicle", Zhan Zhen weighed eight feet tall, his brothers were also between eight feet and one zhang tall, and Zhan Shichao was more than 3 meters tall. According to the literature, it was confirmed that this person did exist, and his height was indeed more than 3 meters as recorded, so Zhan Shichao was not only the tallest person in China, but also 0.88 meters taller than the world's tallest person, Sandy Allen.
Second, recognized as the world's tallest man - Robert . Vodlow (2.72m)
Robert Pershing Vadro from the United States is recognized as the tallest man in the world, reaching 2.72 meters tall and weighing 222 kilograms. Vadro was born with a weight of 3.80 kilograms, no different in height than normal people, until the age of two was the same height as normal people; however, at the age of two, because of the "brain hernia" surgery, he began to grow rapidly, all the way to 2.72 meters, and the reason for this was that the pituitary gland had a tumor and became gigantism. Valdro died in his slumber in 1940 at the age of 22.
The tallest man in the world - Wang Fengjun is 2.55 meters tall (deceased)
Wang Fengjun from Sanmenxia, Henan Province, is 2.55 meters tall and is known as the tallest person in the world. Wang Fengjun's height was no different from that of other children of the same age before the age of ten, and after that, he began to grow, growing to 1.90 meters at the age of eighteen or nineteen, and more than 2 meters when he was twenty years old. In 2009, Wang Fengjun suffered from necrosis of the femoral head, and as his condition worsened, he had to walk on crutches. Subsequently, in 2013, Wang Rui, president of Henan Asia-Pacific Bone Disease Hospital, saw Wang Fengjun's relevant reports and decided to treat wang Fengjun for free, but unfortunately, in 2015, Wang Fengjun died at the age of 39 at about 8 p.m. on March 31 due to ineffective medical treatment.
The tallest person in the world - Zeng Jinlian is 2.48 meters tall (deceased)
Born on June 6, 1964 in Yujia Village, Nanzui Town, Yuanjiang City, Yiyang, Hunan Province, Zeng Jinlian is the holder of the world's highest female height record - 2.48 meters. She was able to carry water at the age of 5, grew to 2.34 meters tall and weighed 132 kilograms at the age of 14, and finally reached a height of 2.47 meters at the age of 18. However, when Zeng Jinlian was 15 years old, his body had abnormal conditions, the amount of food and urine increased sharply, and he was diagnosed with diabetes and gigantism after examination by doctors, and died on February 14, 1982, at the age of 18, with a height of 2.48 meters at the time of his death.
V. The tallest person in the world - Zhao Liang (height 2.46 meters)
The 27-year-old Zhao Liang is 2.46 meters tall, 10 centimeters taller than Bao Xishun, who once enjoyed the title of "the world's first giant", and even nearly 20 centimeters taller than Yao Ming, and 4 centimeters taller than Zhang Juncai, who is 2.42 meters tall, and is undoubtedly the first place in the Chinese giant list.
6. The tallest man in the world - Zhang Juncai (height 2.42 meters)
Born in 1966 to a peasant family in Dingxiang County, Shanxi Province, Zhang Juncai once won the title of "Asia's Tallest Man" in Guinness, Shanghai, with a height of 2.37 meters. Zhang Juncai's body began to grow sharply at the age of 16, reaching 2.12 meters at the age of 22, but in 1999, he went to the hospital for examination because of frequent "headache disease", and was diagnosed with "pituitary tumor", and stopped growing when he reached 2.42 meters in height.
7. Guinness certifies the world's tallest person - Bao Xishun (height 2.36 meters)
Born in Inner Mongolia in 1951, Bao Xishun is 2.36 meters tall, "the tallest person in the world to grow naturally", his palms are as large as a fan, his feet are 38 centimeters long and 12 centimeters wide, and his clothes need five meters of cloth to make. He was born with a very normal child, but since the age of 15, he has grown wildly, suddenly growing to 1.89 meters, and when he was 20 years old, he already had a height of about 2.1 meters, and now his height is set at 2.36 meters, he weighs 165 kilograms, his legs are 1.5 meters long, and he is nearly 2 meters tall when he sits down. On July 21, 2005, Bao Xishun was awarded the "Guinness World Records Certificate of the World's Tallest Man in Natural Growth" issued by the Guinness World Records Headquarters.
8. The world's first female giant - Yao Defen is 2.36 meters tall (deceased)
Born in Shitang Village, Shucha Town, Shucheng County, Yao Defen is 2.36 meters tall, and her height has grown particularly fast since she was a child, breaking through 2 meters when she was 15 years old, and when she was 23 years old, she was already as high as 2.36 meters, even 10 centimeters taller than Yao Ming. He once broke the Guinness Book of World Records in Shanghai and won the title of "The World's First Female Giant". Unfortunately, she suffered from gigantism for more than 20 years, and even a small fall could be life-threatening. On the morning of November 13, 2012, Yao Defen died in his hometown at the age of 41.