Junrey Balawing
Junrey Balawing | |
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Born | shortest recognised living person (September 3, 2015) | June 12, 1993
Height | 59.93 cm (1 ft 11.59 in)[2] |
Junrey Balawing (
He stopped growing at the age of 1. Balawing, the son of a poor
In February 2012, Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal, who stands 54.6 centimetres (21.5 in) tall was declared the world's shortest living man ever. As a result, Junrey held the record as shortest living man for less than a year.[8]
Following the death of Chandra Bahadur Dangi on September 3, 2015,[9] Balawing held the title of the shortest living man until his death at the age of 27 on July 28, 2020. He had been hospitalized for pneumonia.[10][11] Prior to his death, he resided in Dapitan with his family.[1]
See also
- List of shortest people
References
- ^ GMA News Online. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "World's shortest man: From Junrey Balawing to Khagendra Thapa Magar - past holders of the title". guinnessworldrecords.com. Guinness World Records. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
Measuring 23.6 inches (60.00 cm) in height, Junrey weighs just 5kgs [sic].
- ^ News Asia-Pacific. (2011-06-12). Philippines man crowned world's shortest. BBC News. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ Jay Directo (AFP). (2011-06-12). Filipino teen Junrey Balawing declared world's shortest man Archived 2015-10-29 at the Wayback Machine News.Com Australia. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Associated Press. (2011-06-12). World record as 60cm teen Junrey Balawing turns 18 The Australian. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Everett Rosenfeld. (June 2011). New 'World's Shortest Man' Celebrates Birthday, World Record Newsfeed Time. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
- ^ Abhijit Naik. (2010-06-29) Smallest Man in the World Archived 2012-07-22 at archive.today. Buzzle.Com Website Retrieved 2011-06-17.
- ^ Taggart, Frankie (2012-02-26). "Sorry Junrey, Nepali is world's shortest man". Agence France Presse. ABS-CBN News. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
- ^ Pokharel, Krishna (4 September 2015). "The World's Shortest Man Dies, a Photo Tribute to Nepal's Chandra Bahadur Dangi". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Auto, Hermes (January 18, 2020). "World's shortest man dies in Nepal at age 27 | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com.
- ^ Diestro, Dynah (30 July 2020). "Pinoy na 'World's Shortest Man', pumanaw na". ABS-CBN News (in Tagalog). Retrieved 2 August 2020.