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Zeng Jinlian (simplified Chinese: 曾金莲; traditional Chinese: 曾金蓮; pinyin:

 

Zeng Jinlian

Born : June 25, 1964

Died : February 13, 1982 (aged 17)
Hunan, China

Known:  forTallest verified woman

Height : 8 ft 1.75 in (248.29 cm)

Weight : 290 lb (130 kg)

 

Zēng Jīnlián; June 25, 1964 – February 13, 1982) was the tallest woman ever verified in medical history, taking over Jane Bunford's record.

 

Zeng is also the only woman counted among the 16 people who have reached verified heights of eight feet or more.

 

At the time of her death at the age of 17 in Hunan, China, Zeng, who would have been 8 feet, 1.75 inches tall (she could not stand straight because of a severely deformed spine), was the tallest person in the world. She had also broken Robert Wadlow's previous record of tallest 17 year-old ever.

 

In the year between Don Koehler's death and her own, she surpassed fellow "eight-footers" Gabriel Estêvão Monjane and Suleiman Ali Nashnush. That Zeng's growth patterns mirrored those of Robert Wadlow is shown in the table below.

 

AgeHeight

   ZengJinlia              Height of Robert Wadlow

45 ft 1.5 in (1.56 m)        5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

137 ft 1.5 in (2.17 m)       7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)

167 ft 10.5 in (2.40 m)     7 ft 10.5 in (2.40 m)

178 ft 1.75 in (2.48 m)     8 ft 1.5 in (2.48 m)

 

She was the second ever woman in the history to become the Tallest Recognized person in the world, Jane Bunford was the first.