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Named the shortest man after Pingping died in March 2010, at 27.64 in (70.21 cm), but lost the title in October 2010 to Magar. [12] Edward re-gained the title of World's shortest mobile man living following Magar's death in 2020. [13] He was beaten by Ghaderzadeh in December 2022. [9] 1986– Nepal: 73.43 cm (28.91 in) Dor Bahadur Khapangi
Lin Yü-chih (林 煜 智 Lín Yùzhì; born 1972) is an author and social activist, who was one of the shortest people in the world according to Guinness World Records. He resides in Taipei, Taiwan. In May 2008 he appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called "The World's Smallest Man and Me" hosted by Mark Dolan.
In 2012, at the age of 72, Dangi met the world's shortest woman, Jyoti Amge of Nagpur, India. The pair posed together for the 57th edition of The Guinness Book of Records in 2013. [ 5 ] On 13 November 2014, as part of Guinness World Records Day , Dangi met the world's tallest living man, Sultan Kösen , at an event in London.
Khagendra Thapa Magar (Nepali: खगेन्द्र थापामगर) (4 October 1992 – 17 January 2020) [2] was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.67 m (2 ft 2 in). [1] [3] Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest man from Edward Niño Hernández.
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In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature (as opposed to disproportionate dwarfism occurring in isolated cases in a population) for populations in which adult men are on average less than 150 cm (4 ft 11 in) tall.
Junrey Balawing (/ dʒ uː n ˈ r iː / joon-REE; Tagalog pronunciation: [dʒunˈrɪ bɐˈlawɪŋ] ⓘ; born June 12, 1993 – July 28, 2020) was a Filipino record holder at the Guinness World Records for the world's shortest man alive measuring at 60.00 centimetres (23.62 in) tall. [3] The declaration came during Balawing's 18th birthday ...
In September 2007, Pingping travelled to the U.S. to help launch the 2008 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records in New York City, which certified him as the world's smallest man. [ 3 ] [ 12 ] On 25 April 2010, Pingping was featured in the tenth episode of the 16th season of the American reality show The Amazing Race , filmed earlier in ...