Bao Xishun (also known as Xi Shun; born November 2, 1951) is a Chinese
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
Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at .
Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland ...
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
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for three years. He later returned to Inner Mongolia to live with his mother and worked at the Chifeng
Chifeng,; also known as Ulanhad ( (Улаанхад хот), ''Ulaɣanqada qota'', , "red cliff") also known as Ulankhad in Mongolian, is a prefecture-level city in Southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol Le ...
City local hospital for several months. In 2005, he became the world's tallest man. Bao suffers from rheumatism
Rheumatism or rheumatic disorders are conditions causing chronic, often intermittent pain affecting the joints or connective tissue. Rheumatism does not designate any specific disorder, but covers at least 200 different conditions, including a ...
.
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
Bao is ethnically Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
.
Xishun Bao married saleswoman Xia Shujuan on March 24, 2007.Zunhua
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Ad ...
, Hebei
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province on October 2, 2008.The Amazing Race 16
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'' 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 ''Guinness World Records'' or other reliable sources.
According to Guinness World Records, Robert Wadlow of the United States (1918–1940) was the tallest person in recorded history, measurin ...
* Robert Wadlow
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, tallest man in history
* Öndör Gongor
Öndör Gongor (, "Tall Gongor locals called him өндөр өвөө", c. 1880/85 – late 1920s), whose full name was Pureviin Gongor (), was a man in early-20th century Mongolia, who suffered from gigantism. He was measured high by Roy Chapman ...
, a very tall man in early-20th century Mongolia
* Leonid Stadnyk
Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk (; 5 August 1970 – 24 August 2014) was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at though photographic evidence suggests he was not taller than .
Death
Stadnyk died at the age of 44 on 24 August 2014 from a brain ...
* Sultan Kösen
Sultan Kösen (born 10 December 1982) is a Turkish farmer who holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male at .
Kösen's growth resulted from the conditions gigantism and acromegaly, caused by a tumour affecting his pituitary gland ...
, current tallest man according to Guinness Book of Records
* Clifford Ray
Clifford Ray (born January 21, 1949) is an American former professional basketball coach and player. He played three of his ten seasons in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls from 1971 to 1974, and the other seven with the Golden State Warriors from ...
, another person (former basketball player) to reach inside of a dolphin's stomach to save its life.
* Yao Defen
Yao Defen (; July 15, 1972 – November 13, 2012) was a Chinese woman who was the tallest living woman, as recognized by Guinness World Records. She stood at 7 ft 8 in tall and weighed 346 lb (157kg). Her gigantism was due to a tumor in he ...
* Gigantism
Gigantism (, ''gÃgas'', "wiktionary:giant, giant", plural γίγαντες, ''gÃgantes''), also known as giantism, is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above average height, average. In humans, this conditi ...
* Chandra Bahadur Dangi
Chandra Bahadur Dangi (30 November 1939 – 3 September 2015) (, , or ) was a Nepali man who was the shortest man in recorded history, measuring . He broke the record previously set by Gul Mohammed (1957–1997), whose height was .
Dangi came ...
, shortest person in history
* Zeng Jinlian
Zeng Jinlian ( zh, s=曾金莲, t=曾金蓮, p=Zēng Jīnlián, 26 June 1964 – 13 February 1982) was a Chinese teenage girl who is the tallest woman verified in modern times at , surpassing Jane Bunford's record. Following the death of Don K ...
, tallest woman in history
References
External links
World’s tallest man, Xishun Bao, has married
A photo with his bride (picture 4)
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1951 births
Living people
Chinese soldiers
20th-century Chinese military personnel
Shepherds
People from Chifeng
Chinese people of Mongolian descent