Alexander Sizonenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alexander Sizonenko

Soviet basketball player

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1959

Place of Birth: Kherson Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 05-Jan-2012

Profession: basketball player

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Alexander Sizonenko

  • Alexander Alekseyevich Sizonenko (Ukrainian: ????????? ??????????? ?????????; Russian: ????????? ?????????? ?????????; 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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