What is Leonid Stadnyk?
{{Infobox person | name = Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk<br /><small>{{lang|uk|Леонід Степанович Стадник}}</small> | image = | birth_date = 5 August 1970 | birth_place = [[Podolyantsi]], [[Chudniv Raion]], [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Ukrainian SSR]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|8|24|1970|8|5|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Podolyantsi]], [[Chudniv Raion]], [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Ukraine]] | height = {{convert|257|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}<br> (not independently verified)http://www.thetallestman.com/leonidstadnyk.htm }} '''Leonid Stepanovych Stadnyk''' ({{lang-uk |Леонід Степанович Стадник}}; 5 August 1970 – 24 August 2014) was a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] farmer. He stood at 8 feet 5 inches or 2.57 meters. He was born in [[Zhytomyr Oblast]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]. Stadnyk was listed as the world's [[List of tall men|tallest living man]] according to [[Guinness World Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/mediazone/pdfs/news/070807_US_Book_Launch.pdf |title=Press release |publisher=Guinness World Records 2008 |date=2007-08-07 |accessdate=2007-08-09 |quote=The world authority on record breaking launches with more astounding new records including the introduction of the world's tallest living human being in the world: Leonid Stadnyk (7ft 6in tall)}}</ref> Stadnyk died at the age of 44 on August 24, 2014 from a brain hemorrhage.<ref>{{cite news| title=World's 'tallest man' at 8ft 4 inches dies aged 44| url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-tallest-man-8ft-4-4105252| author=Will Stewart| work=Mirror| date=25 August 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.thetallestman.com/leonidstadnyk.htm The Tallest Man: Leonid Stadnyk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000946/http://www.thetallestman.com/leonidstadnyk.htm |date=2016-03-04 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stadnyk, Leonid}} [[Category:1970 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from cerebral hemorrhage]] [[Category:D