Bao Xishun (also known as Xi Shun; born November 2, 1951) is a Chinese-Mongolian
herdsman from
Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, recognized by ''
Guinness World Records
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'' as one of the world's tallest living men at tall. He was formerly certified as the tallest living man by the ''Guinness World Records''. On September 17, 2009,
Sultan Kösen overtook Bao Xishun as the tallest living man.
Career
Xishun Bao claims to have been of normal height until he was sixteen years old.
[ He served in the People's Liberation Army for three years. He later returned to Inner Mongolia to live with his mother and worked at the Chifeng City local hospital for several months. In 2005, he became the world's tallest man. Bao suffers from rheumatism.
In December 2006, Xishun Bao was asked by veterinarians to assist them in removing shards of plastic from the stomachs of two dolphins. The dolphins had accidentally swallowed the shards, which had settled in their stomachs and caused a loss of appetite and depression. Veterinarians had been unable to remove them, so Xishun Bao used his 1.06-metre-long arms to reach into the dolphins' stomachs and remove the plastic manually.
]
Personal life
Xishun Bao married saleswoman Xia Shujuan on March 24, 2007.Hebei
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province on October 2, 2008.The Amazing Race 16
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The season premiered on CBS on Sunday, February 14, 2010, and th ...
'' as the "Pit Stop" greeter. The episode aired on May 2, 2010.
See also
* List of tallest people
This is a list of the tallest people, verified by the Guinness World Records or other reliable sources.
According to the Guinness World Records, the tallest human in recorded history was Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940), wh ...
* Robert Wadlow, tallest man in history
* Öndör Gongor
Öndör Gongor ( mn, Өндөр Гонгор, "Tall Gongor", c. 1880/85 – late 1920s), whose full name was Pureviin Gongor ( mn, Пүрэвийн Гонгор), was a man in early-20th century Mongolia, who suffered from gigantism. He was measur ...
, a very tall man in early-20th century Mongolia
* Leonid Stadnyk
Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk ( uk , Леонід Степанович Стадник; 5 August 1970 – 24 August 2014) was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at though the photographic evidence suggests he was no more than 7 ft 9 ...
* Sultan Kösen, current tallest man according to Guinness Book of Records
* Yao Defen
* Gigantism
* Chandra Bahadur Dangi
Chandra Bahadur Dangi (30 November 1939 – 3 September 2015) ( ne, चन्द्रबहादुर डाँगी}, , or ) was a Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history measuring . Dangi was a primordial dwarf. He broke ...
, shortest person in history
* Zeng Jinlian
Zeng Jinlian ( zh, s=曾金莲, t=曾金蓮, p=Zēng Jīnlián, June 26, 1964 – February 13, 1982) was the tallest woman verified in modern times, surpassing Jane Bunford's record. In the year between Don Koehler's death and her own, she surpa ...
, tallest woman in history
References
External links
World’s tallest man, Xishun Bao, has marriedA photo with his bride (picture 4) Xishun Bao - World's tallest man
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1951 births
Living people
Chinese soldiers
Shepherds
People from Chifeng
Chinese people of Mongolian descent