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The number of cases was 57,574, with an average age of 48 years and a median age of 47 years. They were all over 18 years old at the time of the investigation. Regardless of age, urbanity or rurality, ethnic groups, or provinces, the average height of males was 169.60 cm, while the average height of females was 158.88 cm.
Human height. Human height or stature is the distance from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head in a human body, standing erect. It is measured using a stadiometer, [1] in centimetres when using the metric system or SI system, [2][3] or feet and inches when using United States customary units or the imperial system. [4][5] In the early ...
Claims of being 8 feet 5 inches (257 cm), height not confirmed officially. [236] 1811–1844 (33) United States: 255 cm: 8 ft 4.5 in: Al Tomaini: Height disputed. Claimed to be 8 ft 4 in (254 cm). Guinness stated he was 7 ft 4 in (224 cm) [237] Tomaini was the son of Santo Tomaini and Maria Bossone. At the age of 12, he was taller than his ...
The shortest unsuccessful presidential candidate is Stephen A. Douglas at 5 ft 4 in (163 cm). The next shortest is Kamala Harris, who lost the 2024 election and is 5 ft 41⁄2 in (164 cm). The largest height difference between two presidential candidates (out of the candidates whose heights are known) was in the 1860 election, when Abraham ...
Petite size. In fashion and clothing, a petite size is a standard clothing size designed specifically for women 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) and under. [1][2][3] This categorization is not solely based on a woman's height, but also takes into account the proportions of her body. Petite sizes cater to body shapes that typically have shorter limb lengths ...
Toronto Blue Jays teammates, 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) catcher José Molina (left) and 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) pitcher Jon Rauch, in 2011. In baseball, height is considered especially advantageous for pitchers and they are generally taller than other players. In 2019, the median height of pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB) was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).
The shortest player ever in the old American Basketball Association (1967–76) was Penny Ann Early, a 5-foot-3-inch (160 cm) jockey who took part in one play in one game for the Kentucky Colonels as a publicity stunt in 1969. (The shortest signed ABA players were Jerry Dover and Monte Towe, both 5 feet 7 inches or 170 centimetres.)
Tallest verified human in recorded history. Height. 8 ft 11.1 in (272.0 cm) Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was born and raised in Alton, Illinois, a ...