Who is the new Worlds Tallest Man?”
At the launch of Guinness World Records 2010, the new World’s Tallest Man, Sultan Kosen, a 27 year-old from turkey, was unveiled by the world record’s company in London. At 8′1″, or 2.47m, Kosen is the tallest living man known to the company. The honour of becomming the world’s tallest is not without it’s problems, however: “[I want to] have a car that I can fit in” “it’s been really difficult to find a girlfriend. I’ve never had one, they were usually scared of me. I’m hoping now I will find one.” However, there are advantages to being so tall too – despite complaining of “low ceilings” and doorways, he reported that it is always handy for changing lightbulbs, hanging curtains, or spotting friends a long way away. Mr Kosen’s extraordinary height is caused by a tumour which developed when he was 10 years old that led to a medical condition known as pituitary gigantism – a condition which was only halted last year when the tumour was removed. Sultan Kosen shall be travelling to Germany
8-foot-1-inch Turk crowned world’s tallest man Previous record holder, tired of the publicity, refuses to be measured updated 6:37 p.m. ET Sept. 16, 2009 LONDON – A towering Turk was officially crowned the world’s tallest man Thursday after his Ukrainian rival dropped out of the running by refusing to be measured. Guinness World Records said that 8 foot 1 inch (2.47 meter) Sultan Kosen, from the town of Mardin in eastern Turkey, is now officially the tallest man walking the planet. Although the previous record holder, Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk, reportedly measured 8 feet 5.5 inches (2.57 meters), Guinness said he was stripped of his title when he declined to let anyone confirm his height. Stadnyk, 39, told The Associated Press he refused to be independently measured because he was tired of being in the public eye. “If this title had given me more health or a few extra years, I would have taken it, but the opposite happened, I only wasted my nerve cells,” he said. “If I have to choose be
