Hồ Văn Trung (giant) explained

Hồ Văn Trung
Birth Date:December 8, 1984
Birth Place:Ca Mau, Vietnam
Death Date:November 2, 2019 (aged 34)
Occupation:Farmer
Known For:Tallest verified Vietnamese person
Height M:2.35[1]

Hồ Văn Trung (8 December 1984  - 2 November 2019) was one of only 29 known people in medical history to reach a height of 8 feet (244 cm) or more. He had a standing height of at least 8 ft 5.25 in (257.2 cm), placing him as the 6th tallest man in history.[2]

Early life

Hồ Văn Trung was born in Ca Mau in 1984 and was the first of four children.[2] Due to his family being poor his parents had to make a living selling coconuts, which was not enough to cover the family's living expenses.[3] Later, Trung moved to Viên An Đông commune, Ngọc Hiển district and worked as a shrimp farmer in order to financially support his family.[4] [5]

Later life

According to Trung's family, he was 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) at age of 17 when he developed a fever which persisted for a prolonged period of time. After recovering from the fever, he experienced an abnormal growth in height. By 2014, he reached 7 ft 8.5 in (235 cm) tall and weighed 110 kg (244 pounds).[6] Doctors attributed his growth to a pituitary gland disease. In 2018, he was admitted to the hospital for kidney failure. At the time he was determined to be about 8 ft 2.5 in (250 cm), although he had a dislocated knee[7] and was still growing. His coffin measured 10 ft 0 in (304.8 cm). The men who made his coffin said his final height was 9 ft 0.25 in (275 cm) tall, which, if true, would make him taller than Robert Wadlow.[8]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Top 6 người cao nhất Việt Nam hiện nay mà bạn nên biếtKiến Thức Cho Người lao Động Việt Nam . Top 6 tallest people in Vietnam today that you should know . Kiến Thức Cho Người lao Động Việt Nam . 2022-02-14 . vi . 2023-07-20.
  2. Web site: 2021-07-15 . Who Is the Tallest Vietnamese Person? . 2022-03-29 . Vietnam Times .
  3. Web site: 2018-10-17 . Người đàn ông cao 2,5m thách thức kỷ lục "cao nhất Việt Nam" . 2022-03-29 . conglyxahoi.net.vn .
  4. Web site: 2018-10-20 . Suy thận mãn, người đàn ông cao hơn 2m ở Cà Mau phải nhập viện . 2022-03-29 . BAO DIEN TU VTV . vi.
  5. Web site: Trí . Dân . Người đàn ông cao hơn 2m ở Cà Mau không muốn kỷ lục, chỉ mong có tiền trị bệnh . 2022-03-29 . Báo điện tử Dân Trí . vi.
  6. Web site: Trí . Dân . Người đàn ông cao hơn 2m sau một đợt sốt cao dài ngày . 2022-03-29 . Báo điện tử Dân Trí . vi.
  7. Web site: Từ 1,7 mét cao lên 2,5 mét sau đợt sốt kéo dài | VTC14 - YouTube . .
  8. Web site: Đại . Thời . 2019-11-05 . Người cao nhất Việt Nam qua đời ở tuổi 34 . 2022-03-29 . Thời Đại . vi.