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bao xishun in stockholm 2006 inner mongolia , china 200px 2.36 0 鲍喜顺 1951 y xia shujian bao xishun.jpeg bao xishun
 bao xishun herdsman
bao xishun

bao xishun -lrb- also known as xi shun ; born 1951 -rrb- is a herdsman from inner mongolia , china , who was recognized by `` guinness world records '' as one of the world 's tallest living men .
`` guinness world records '' had returned the title of world 's tallest man to him after ukrainian leonid stadnyk took over the title briefly .
after stadnyk refused to be measured under new guidelines , which required him to be independently measured by `` guinness world records '' 's adjudicators , the title was returned to xishun .
on september 17 , 2009 , turkey 's sultan kösen overtook bao xishun as the tallest living man in the world , when he was measured by guinness world records , standing tall .
