Leonid Stadnyk 602223 224967954 2008-07-11T06:21:09Z 76.19.126.180 20 --> twenty {{Infobox Person | name = Leonid Stadnyk<br /><small>{{lang|uk|Леонід Стадник}}</small> | image = Replace this image male.svg | image_size = 250px | caption = Leonid Stadnyk | birth_date = [[1971]] (age 36–37) | birth_place = [[Podolyantsi]], [[Chudnivsky Raion]], [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]] | known_for = Tallest living human being | height = {{height|m=2.59}}<!--Do not change! Height can be confirmed at http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/human_body/extreme_bodies/tallest_man_-_living.aspx --> | weight = {{convert|200|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on}} }} '''Leonid Ivanovych Stadnyk''' ({{lang-uk |Леонід Іванович Стадник}}) (born [[1971]] in [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]) is the world's [[List of tall men|tallest living man]], according to [[Guinness World Records]] 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/mediazone/pdfs/news/070807_US_Book_Launch.pdf |title=press release |publisher=Guinness World Records 2008 |date=[[2007-08-07]] |accessdate=2007-08-09 |quote=The world authority on record breaking launches with more astounding new records including the introduction of the world's tallest living human being in the world: Leonid Stadnyk (8ft6in tall)}}</ref> He is a certified [[veterinarian]] and veterinary [[surgery|surgeon]] and lives with his mother in the village of Podolyantsi, Ukraine. Leonid Stadnyk's excessive growth began after brain surgery when he was 14 years old. He developed a [[pituitary gland]] tumor which caused the gland to secrete large amounts of [[growth hormone]], resulting in what doctors describe as [[acromegaly|acromegalic]] [[gigantism]]. On August 8, 2007, Guinness book's spokeswoman Amarilis Espinoza stated that in the 2008 edition of the record book, Mr Stadnyk at 2.59m, replaces [[Bao Xishun]], a native of [[Inner Mongolia]] in China who stands 2.36 m. In the past, Stadnyk refused to be measured and consequently denied the GWR recognition. In 2007, the Guinness World Records was permitted to take height measurements, thereby officially recognizing Stadnyk as the world's tallest man.<ref>[http://hotlist.uk.msn.com/hotlist/leonid_stadnyk_finally_named_world's_tallest_man.aspx Leonid Stadnyk named world's talllest man]. MSN Hotlist.</ref> A [[Pravda]] news report in Spring [[2006]] reported that Leonid Stadnyk grew 2 cm (0.79 in) in the previous year, not accounting the time between the original Spring [[2004]] report and Spring [[2005]]. According to Pravda, his health is slowly failing in that he needs to hold on to limbs of trees and the side of his house to walk about. A group of Ukrainian business people donated a satellite dish and a computer to Stadnyk and now he has Internet access. Twenty years after the surgery, the doctors have discovered the [[tumour]] had mysteriously disappeared and he is currently healthy. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://zhzh.info/news/2006-09-29-435 PHOTO from life of giant] {{ru icon}} * [http://artukraine.com/huminterest/stadnik.htm AP article] * [http://thecrazynewsblog.com/2007/08/09/move-over-bao-say-hello-to-the-newest-worlds-tallest-man/ Say Hello to the World's Tallest Man ] * [http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1758065.php San Clemente doctor gets to know giant], The Orange County Register * [http://ucrania-mozambique.blogspot.com/2007/08/leonid-stadnyk-gigante-ucraniano.html Photo at Ukrainian country side], Photos in UemA * {{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6937655.stm|title=Ukrainian is world's tallest man|date=2007-08-08|publisher=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2007-08-09}} * [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/human_body/extreme_bodies/tallest_man_-_living.aspx Guinness official record of Leonid Stadnyk's height, based on a measurement by the Ukrainian Book of Records.] * [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=474101&in_page_id=1811 Daily Mail article on Leonid Stadnyk] {{start box}} {{succession box | before = [[Bao Xishun]]| title = [[List of tall men|Tallest Person]]|years= [[August 7]], [[2007]] &ndash; | after = Incumbent}} {{end box}} {{Persondata |NAME=Stadnyk, Leonid |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Стадник, Леонід |SHORT DESCRIPTION=Worlds tallest living human |DATE OF BIRTH=[[1971]] |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]}} {{BD|1971||Stadnyk, Leonid}} [[Category:People with gigantism]] [[Category:Ukrainian people]] [[Category:Veterinarians]] [[Category:Guinness World Record holders]] [[de:Hochwuchs#Die_gr.C3.B6.C3.9Ften_noch_lebenden_Menschen]] [[es:Leonid Stadnyk]] [[eo:Leonid Stadnik]] [[fr:Léonid Stadnik]] [[it:Leonid Ivanovyč Stadnyk]] [[hu:Leonyid Ivanovics Sztadnik]] [[nl:Leonid Stadnyk]] [[no:Leonid Stadnyk]] [[pl:Leonid Stadnik]] [[pt:Leonid Stadnik]] [[ru:Стадник, Леонид Иванович]] [[fi:Leonid Stadnyk]] [[vi:Leonid Stadnyk]] [[uk:Стадник Леонід Іванович]]