Sultan Kosen (Dedeköy, Turkey, December 10, 1982) is officially the
tallest man in the world, having been crowned as such at the launch in London
of the Guinness Book of Records 2010. Their predesecor was the farmer Mongol Xi
Shun . Currently measured 2.51 m. [1] has a back problem so it can not fully
straighten.
Kosen grew up like any other
child until age ten, when a tumor in the pituitary gland caused a condition
known as "pituitary gigantism" that of control its growth.
A Galatasaray coach found him
in a small village on the border between Turkey and Iraq. It measured 2.42 m (7
ft 11 in). Kosen wanted to make professional basketball player with the club
Galatasaray until a back injury forced him to retire.

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