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 hemorrhage.
See also
- List of tallest people
- Bao Xishun, the previous holder of tallest man Guinness title
- Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), the tallest man in history
- Sultan Kösen, the current tallest man in Guinness title
References
External links
- https://www.gq.com/story/lenoid-stadnyk-tallest-man-russia-200503?printable=true
- PHOTO from life of giant
- AP article
- San Clemente doctor gets to know giant, The Orange County Register
- Photo at Ukrainian country side, Photos in UemA
- Guinness official record of Leonid Stadnyk's height, based on a measurement by the Ukrainian Book of Records.