Leonid Stadnik

The highest man in the world, Ukrainian Leonid Stadnik sits on a bench near his house in Podolyantsy village (Zhitomir region), on Tuesday, July 5, 2011. The highest Ukrainian Leonid Stadnik was operated and now his growth may stop. The patient was operated on pituitary adenoma. After that, a growth of hormone which is a reason of a disease must be normalized. A height of Leonid Stadnik is 2 m 50 cm. The state of the patient is satisfactory, he has already been discharged from a hospital. Leonid Stadnik was declared the highest Ukrainian in 2007 He was also invited to officially pass the test for the right to be called the highest in the world. But Stadnik refused Guinness World Records to measure the growth according to the new rules: six times during the day, standing and lying down. Photo by Vladimir Gontar / UNIAN