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Edward Niño Hernández
Born
Santa Fé de Bogotá D.C, Colombia
Nationality Colombia
OccupationDancer/Actor
Known forBeing the world's shortest living man

Edward Niño Hernández was officially named as the world's shortest living man on September 4, 2010, by the Guinness World Records. At 24 years of age Hernandez was 0.7 m (2 ft 3+1⁄2 in) tall and weighed 10 kg (22 lb). Hernandez lives in Bogotá, Colombia. [1][2]

The previous titleholder, He Pingping of China, was an inch or so taller and died on March 13, 2010 in Rome, Italy, where he was filming the TV program Lo show dei record.

Nino's reign ended on October 14, 2010 when Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal turned 18.

See also

References

  1. ^ BBC: Colombian declared world's shortest man
  2. ^ Telegraph: World's shortest man named as 27ins tall Colombian

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