How tall is Althea Gibson?
American tennis player (1927-2003)
Recorded height
180 cm 5′11″ · 1.80 m · 70.9 inches
180 cm 5′11″ · 1.80 m · 70.9 inches
- Althea Gibson is 180 cm tall (5′11″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved .
- That is 19 cm taller than the average U.S. woman (161.3 cm, 5′4″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).
Compared with people of similar fame
Yohan Blake (180 cm) · Esteban Granero (180 cm) · Shigeharu Ueki (180 cm) · Sugar Ray Robinson (180 cm) · Cláudio Taffarel (180 cm) · Lucas Paquetá (180 cm)
Side-by-side pages
Althea Gibson vs Yohan Blake · Althea Gibson vs Esteban Granero · Althea Gibson vs Shigeharu Ueki · Althea Gibson vs Sugar Ray Robinson
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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved September 8, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.