Leonid Stadnyk

Leonid Stadnyk
Леонід Стадник
Born
Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk

(1970-08-05)5 August 1970
Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died24 August 2014(2014-08-24) (aged 44)
Podoliantsi [uk], Chudniv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
Height8 ft 5.5 in (2.578 m)

(Disputed)

7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)

( According to photographic evidence)

[1][usurped]

Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk (Ukrainian: Леонід Степанович Стадник; 5 August 1970 – 24 August 2014) was a Ukrainian man who claimed to have stood at 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in) though photographic evidence suggests he was not taller than 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m).[1]

  1. ^ "Leonid Stadnyk, The tallest man or a fraud". 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)