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How tall is Sultan Kösen?

Q: How tall is Sultan Kösen?

Sultan Kösen is 251 cm tall, which is 8′3″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

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Recorded height
251 cm 8′3″ · 2.51 m · 98.8 inches

Sultan Kösen is 251 cm tall (8′3″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 76 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

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Height as recorded on Wikidata (CC0), retrieved September 21, 2026. Recorded heights of real people are approximate. Silhouettes are stylized pictograms, not likenesses.