Leonid Stadnyk
← Named Giants · Modern documented record · Glossary: Named giants
Held the Guinness title briefly, then lost it when he declined independent re-measurement in 2008 and the record reverted to Bao Xishun. Listed here precisely because it did not survive verification - the modern equivalent of an unconfirmed ancient report.
People of giant stature measured under modern conditions, with a named cause where one is known. This is the only class on the page where the height itself is verified.
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Stature is recorded as the source states it, in that source’s own units. It is not a verified measurement unless this record sits in the Modern documented record class.
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