World's tallest man finds love with woman 2ft 7in shorter than him

World's tallest man finds love
There may be two and a half feet
between him and his future wife, but
world's tallest man Sultan Kosen is on
cloud nine after meeting the woman of
his dreams.
The Turkish farmer - who at 8ft three ins,
dwarfs his 5ft 8 ins fiancee - is set to
marry Merve Dibo in a ceremony today.
Kosen has long been searching for a
woman to share his life with, and had
reportedly given up hope - until he met
Ms Dibo.
He told an AA reporter: 'Now I will have
my own family and private life.
'How unfortunate I could not find a
suitable girl of my own size. My fiancee is
over 1.75 meters tall, but I believe I've
found the person for me.'
Kosen also holds the Guinness World
Record for the size of his 27.5cm hands
and feet, which are recorded 36.5
centimetres - a massive size 28.
His gigantic wedding suit and shoes will
be custom made, and the giant, who has
achieved near celebrity status, has invited
a host of politicians to his nuptials in the
southern Turkish city of Mardin.
Kosen said all he wants now is a car big
enough for his size in which he can travel
with his bride.
He is one of only ten people ever to top 8
feet and the first in a decade.
He became the world’s tallest man in
August 2009, when he shot past China’s
Bao Xishun at 7ft 9ins.
Sultan suffers from a rare disorder called
pituitary gigantism, which causes his body
to continually produce the growth
hormone.
His condition is believed to have been
caused by a tumour in the pituitary gland.
Doctors thought they had cured him in
2008 when they removed the tumour but
he continued to grow by half and inch a
year.
Now medics say he has finally stopped
growing.
Sultan grew normally until he was ten but
the tumour then caused him to develop
the medical condition.

When other children were little more
than 4 feet, he was already well over 6
feet. His family are all ‘normal’ size.
Sultan last visited the UK two years ago,
when he said: 'The kids used to tease me
and I found that very difficult.
'But now I am really proud of being tall.'
Robert Wadlow from Illinois was the
world’s tallest ever man, reaching 8ft
11.1in.
He died in 1940, aged 22.
Adapted from Daily Mail

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