Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Sultan Kosen




He is one of the 12 individual people who grew over 8 feet. He was born in 1983 and is a Turkish basketball player. He is the tallest basketball player in the history. He has some back problems and couldn’t stand straight therefore he was measures 2m 42cm but after his operation he was measured 2m 47cm.

1 comment:

The Tallest Man said...

Can I correct a few mistakes in your nice article?

Sultan Kosen was never a basketball player. He is also still growing and in february 2011 he was measured by Guinness at 8 feet 3 inches (251 cm.) tall!

Here is more information if you find it interesting:

http://www.thetallestman.com/sultankosen.htm