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Great Heights Indeed for Ukraine Giant

8-foot-5 former veterinarian is world's tallest living man

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(Newser) – Leonid Stadnik knows how the weather is up there. The 8-foot-5 Ukrainian was declared the planet's tallest man by Guinness World Records yesterday, the AP reports, displacing a 7-9 Mongolian. Stadnik is 6 inches short of the all-time mark, held by an American.

Stadnik, a 37-year-old former veterinarian, lives with his mother in northwestern Ukraine. He attributes his height to an operation he underwent at 14, which stimulated a gland that produces human growth hormone. "My height is God's punishment," he told the AP in 2004. "My life has no sense."

apparently stimulated his pituitary gland. He lives with his mother, Halyna, taking care of the family's house and garden.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
apparently stimulated his pituitary gland. He lives with his mother, Halyna, taking care of the family's house and garden.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)   (Associated Press)
The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 meters (7 feet and 9 inches), shakes hands with He Pingping, who only measures 73 centimeters (2 feet and 5 inches),in Baotou, China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Friday, July 13, 2007. Nineteen-year-old He is applying for the Guinness World...
The world's tallest man, Bao Xishun, who stands 2.36 meters (7 feet and 9 inches), shakes hands with He Pingping, who only measures 73 centimeters (2 feet and 5 inches),in Baotou, China's Inner Mongolia...   (Associated Press)
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, left, shakes hands with Leonid Stadnik, 36, believed to be the world's tallest man at 2.57 meters tall (8-foot-5.5) during their meeting at a hospital where Stadnik is undergoing medical tests in Ukraine's capital Kiev, in this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006, file photo. Stadnik...
Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko, left, shakes hands with Leonid Stadnik, 36, believed to be the world's tallest man at 2.57 meters tall (8-foot-5.5) during their meeting at a hospital where Stadnik...   (Associated Press)
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