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Alexander Sizonenko
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Alexander Alekseyevich Sizonenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Олексійович Сизоненко; Russian: Александр Алексеевич Сизоненко; 20 July 1959 – 5 January 2012) was a Soviet professional basketball player. Possibly the tallest person to have ever played professional basketball, he was measured by Guinness World Records at 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) and named the world's tallest man in 1991. Sizonenko was said to have grown since this measurement was taken, although age reduced his standing height considerably. Because of his enormous growth, his mobility was increasingly impaired.
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![]() Sizonenko (right) and Georg Wessels | |
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Born | (1959-07-20)20 July 1959 Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 5 January 2012(2012-01-05) (aged 52) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Listed height | 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m) |
Career information | |
NBA draft | 1984: undrafted |
Playing career | 1976–1986 |
Position | Center |
Career history | |
1976–1978 | Spartak Leningrad |
1979–1986 | Stroitel Kuybyshev |
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