Hi! Who said that giants are imaginary and only
exist in fairy tales? There are many big people out in the world. Whoever is taller than 7
feet is considered to be a giant. It isn t very good to be tall. Large size can be a
real problem for a person. It can affect your health and really decrease your life quality.
Today we will show you some people that look very different from regular folk. We re talking
about real life giants. . This is Robert Bobroczky from Romania. His
enormous height is a combination of genetics and a type of gigantism. His father was 7
ft 2 in tall and his mom 6 ft 2 in. WhenRobertwasonly14hemovedtoItaly where he became a part of a basketball team.
Those people took care of his diet. Back then Robert used to weight 182pounds and it felt
like he could brake just by making any kind of clumsy movement. And it still feels this
way now. His movements look kind of unnatural. Robert used to eat 7 times a day, gaining
weight by all possible means. Then video of him playing appeared online. He got asked
to play in US. Right now he lives in Texas and dreams to become a professional basketball
player. He is 7 ft 8 in high and weights 225 ponds. CoachessaythatBobroczky knows how to
throw a ball and he is a good player overall and most importantly, he s a hardworking guy.
Anyways, every time he gains speed on the way to the hoop, it looks kind of strange.
This is the problem that trainers are trying to fix right now. They came up with a schedule
for him, which includes not only his training sessions but also different kinds of exercises
for his body muscles. They try to do it all gradually so that they don t damage his body.
Let s wish this guy luck and hope that he ll achieve all the things he wishes to achieve.
. Gogea Mitu You re looking at the tallest boxer in history.
Even famous Nikolay Valuev looks like a little boy standing next to him. Unfortunately nobody
knows the real name of the giant. But there are two versions however.Gogu Stefanescu and
Dumitru Guaga. This guy was also known as Romanian Goliath. Still, most people call
him GogeaMitu. He was born on September 1909 in Romania. When he was three years old, Mitu
was taller than nine year old boys. And by the age of ten he was taller than almost any
grown up man. At the age of 20 he started boxing. But it
was very hard to find a proper opponent for him. Everyone was too scared to fight him.
His first fight happened at the Venus stadium in Bucharest. He fought against professional
Italian boxer SaverioGrizzo. That time he knocked out his opponent in the first round.
His second fight was against the Romanian champion DumitruPavelescu. That time he also
won with a knockout in the first round. According to various sources his height was 7 ft 9 in
to 8 ft 2 in. .Igor Vovkovinskiy
Next on our list is IgorVovkovinskiy from Ukraine. He lives in US now where he already
had 16 surgeries. Those made him stop growing and now he is 7 ft. 9 in. He grows up so fast
because hispituitary gland produce too much growth hormone. Ever since he was little,
it was evident that he looks nothing like other kids. In the 90s when Igor was only
six years old, he was already about 6 feet tall.
His family had to re-plan the house because of his height. Their house was much bigger
than most houses. All because of the boys height. Everything is big shower, kitchen,
dressing room everything. And even though life is hard for both Igor and his mom, they
still find time and money to help those in need.
. Yao Defen from China was considered to be the tallest woman in the world. When she was
born she was much larger than her peers. She was born in 1972 in Anhui. Although by the
age of 11 she was already over 5 feet high. All of her family members are not very tall.
The reason for the way she is is the pituitary tumor. She stopped growing after she had a
surgery. She is now 7 ft 7 in tall and weights 390 pounds.
She makes her living working in a circus. And her master didn t let her see a doctor
when she had severe pains. One time during a performance she received a few injuries
but she was forced to work nevertheless and sometimes they even would not let her eat.
Fortunately, Yao was able to escape that horrible slavery. She died in 2012 at a hospital after
damaging her head. . When Ukrainian Leonid Stadnik was a teenager
he had a brain surgery. After that surgery he started growing really fast. Soon pituitary
tumor formed in his brain, that s what made him so big. Leoniddidn t feel too well. He
couldn teve walk properly. For a long time he refused to get in the book of records.
But then he totally signed his name in the book in 2007. He beat the previous record
holder BaoXishun. His height was 8 ft 5 in and he weighted 440 pounds.
In august 2008BaoXishun signed right back after Stadnik refused to get measured by the
officials. He said he didn t want any fame and he didn t want people to talk about him.
For the past 10 years he s been gaining about an inch every month. And I guess we can conclude
that by the end of his life he was really tall. Leonid died on august 24 in 2014. Cause
of death - hormone-producing tumor hemorrhage. .Sultan Kosen.
Turkish Sultan Kosenhas been considered the tallest man in the world for a long time and
now it seems like he actually stopped growing. He is 8ft 2 inches high. He starter growing
rapidly at 10 years of age. His body was producing way too much growth hormone. Over the course
of two decades he grew by 8 feet. He was under threat of dying because his brain was taking
up too much pressure. In 2008Kosen had his first surgery. That s
when they removed his tumor. But that didn t stop his growth. Only in 2010 in Virginia
university they tried a new method on him, which showed some good results. Seems like
Sultan officially stopped growingnow. Butlifeisn teasyforhim. He sveryuncomfortableinsidebuildings.
Andhecanbarley getinsideacar. And he simply can t find any proper clothes in regular clothing
stores. There are no 5 feet long trousers in regular shops.
But there are some obvious positives in Kosen s life. He enjoys listening to music and he
likes watching good movies. He plays video games and he chats to his Instagram followers.
He posts pictures of himself sharing some relevant news about his life. Sultan says
he enjoys observing people from the height of his height and that changing laps is never
a problem for him. .Robert Pershing Wadlow
And the tallest human in all the history is of course Robert Wadlow. On February 22 in
1918Addie May Wadlow gave birth to a healthy child and called him Robert. Robert weighted
only 8 pounds. And he was a pretty ordinary child but the thing about him was that he
grew a lot faster than other kids. At his first birthday his weight was 44 pounds and
he was 3 ft 4 inches tall. At the age of 8 he was already taller than his 6 feet tall
dad. At thirteen he became the tallest boy scout and by the time he finished high school
he was 8 ft. 4 in tall. He was diagnosed with pituitary hyperplasia,
which is something that s characterized by abnormally high levels of growth hormone.
His gigantic proportions was a huge problem. His energy demand was something like 8000
calories, which is 3 times more than a regular man needs on average. He experienced problems
with blood circulation and he walked with a cane most of the time. Americans always
loved him and they were always proud of him. Wadlow died in his sleep at the age of 22.
Last time Robert s height was measured it was 8 ft 11 in and weighted 439 pounds. Over
40 000 people came to say their goodbyes to the tallest man on the planet. All the shops
in town were closed on that day. His coffin weighted about 1000 pounds. It took 12 people
to carry it. There is a real size statue of RobertPershingWadlow in his native town of
Alton in Illinois. Also there are a few wax figures of this remarkably tall men in Ripley's
museums. .Emmanuel Yarbrough
The next giant man on the list is the heaviest athlete in history. It sEmmanuel Yarbrough.
He s a sumo wrestler and mma fighter. His size isn t exactly typical for an mma fighter.
He used to fight his opponents when he weighted 650 pounds, being 6 feet 7 in tall. But he
would often loose as his opponents would normally make him all weary and then beat the hell
out of him. Perhaps the most fun fight was when he went up against DaijuTakase who weighted
167 pounds. Yarbroughdidn t even need to do anything. He just had to lay down on his opponent.
But the Japanese was very nimble and Yarbrough could hardly lay his hands on him.
.Choi Hong-man Last man on our list is Hong Man Choi. Another
MMA fighter. He s from south Korea, he is 7 ft 2 in high and weights 352 pounds. He
once fought against FedorEmelianenko. Back thenFedor won the fight but at some point
throughout the fight it seemed like Fedor was done for good when the giant was lying
on top of him. So there you go, giants are among us you guys.
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