Vikas Uppal
Vikas Kumar "Vicky" Uppal (1986 – June 30, 2007) was a native and resident of India, said to be his country's tallest man until his death.[1]
On 12 January 2004, The Tribune reported him to be 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) tall and still growing, being in his late teens.[2] On 10 June 2005, rediff.com reported him to be 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) tall.
Vikas was from the Haryana state, Rohtak district. He was photographed for The Hindu [3] [4] on 25 September 2006 at a rally held by the Indian National Lok Dal. Said again to be 8 ft 9 in tall, he has however been reported otherwise [5] to be an unconfirmed 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m), and born in 1986 was most likely no longer growing. He could have been considered the world's tallest living man, but the Guinness Book of Records has strict verification criteria and did not measure Uppal. He also had been said to have hands 13 inches long and feet 19 inches long, and appears in photographs to be proportionate/not obviously a pathological (acromegalic, for example) giant.
Vikas died June 30, 2007 during a failed brain tumor operation in Delhi, India.
[edit] References
- ^ "Have a job for India's tallest man?". 2005-06-10. http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/09tall.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
- ^ "Standing tall at 8 ft 3 inches". 2004-01-12. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040112/punjab1.htm#16. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
- ^ "The Hindu, Image 1". 2006-09-25. http://thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=9467656. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "The Hindu, Image 2". 2006-09-25. http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=9467655. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "World's Tallest Living Man". 2007-01-04. http://tallestlivingman.blogspot.com/. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
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