Sultan Kösen măsoară 2,51 metri înălțime și este recunoscut de Cartea Recordurilor drept cea mai înaltă persoană din lume.
Lungimea picioarelor lui Kösen este de 1,26 metri, brațele au 97 de centimetri, iar mâinile măsoară 28,5 centimetri.
Înălțimea este cauzată de gigantism și acromegalie, care au apărut din cauza unei tumori care afectează glanda endocrină a hipofizei.
Începând cu 2010, Sultan a fost supus unui tratament care controlează nivelurile ridicate ale hormonului de creștere. A produs un rezultat pozitiv, stopând creșterea bărbatului.
În octombrie 2012, uriașul s-a căsătorit cu Merve Dibo, o siriancă cu 10 ani mai tânără. Soțul a spus că cea mai mare problemă în căsnicia lor este bariera lingvistică, deoarece el vorbește turcă, iar soția sa doar arabă.
În 2021, cei doi s-au despărțit din această cauză, dar Kösen că își va găsi din nou dragostea.
Turcul a fost omagiat în mai multe postări de Guiness World Records, atât pe contul oficial de Facebook, cât și pe cel de Instagram.
În 2014, Sultan l-a întâlnit pe cel mai scund bărbat cunoscut, Chandra Dangi, de Ziua Recordurilor Guinness.
În primăvară, Sultan Kösen a fost invitat special al show-ului culinar „Chefi la cuțite”.
Atunci, gigantul turc s-a fotografiat lângă Arcul de Triumf din București.
Foto: instagram.com/sultankosen47
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nicoleta1 11.12.2023, 19:35
N-am mai auzit de asa inaltime la un om
lipanileana 11.12.2023, 22:45
Foarte înalt ,dar daca este bolnav și din cauza asta are dereglări este posibil.
Bazilus 12.12.2023, 00:04
Uau chiar nu stiam de existenta lui.
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