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- Age: 57 years old in 2008
- From Mongolia
- Height: 7'8.95"
- Wife, Xia Shujuan, is 5'6"
- Lost his title of world's tallest man to Leonid Stadnyk in 2007
- Regained the title after Stadnyk failed to meet Guinness's measuring requirements
- Doctors cannot explain why Bao is so tallFOXNews.com: World's Tallest Man Loses Title for Not Playing by Guinness' Rules
- Suffers from rheumatismChina Daily: World's Tallest Man Wants to Live a Normal...(August 11, 2006)
- Was of average height until he was a teenagerChina Daily: World's Tallest Man Wants to Live a Normal...(August 11, 2006)
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Bao Xishun held the title as the world's tallest man at 7 feet and 8.95 inches in the Guinness Book of World Records from 2005 until 2007, In 2007, he was surpassed as the tallest man alive by Leonid Stadnyk of the Ukraine. In August 2008, Xishun regained the title of the world's tallest man after Stadnyk failed to follow the measuring requirements set forth by Guinness.Reuters: New Rules Make China's Bao World's Tallest... (August 20, 2008)
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