He Pingping

He Pingping (Chinese何 平平, Pinyin Hé Pingping, born July 13, 1988 in Huade, China, † March 13, 2010 in Rome) was, until 2010, the smallest man in the world able to walk.

The small stature He had a bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta, which led, among other things, to slower growth. According to his family he had stopped at the age of 18 years to grow. His two older sisters with whom He ran a café, are of normal size.

He Pingping was discovered by a journalist in his native village. He was officially measured in March 2008 and with a size of 74.61 centimeters in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world's " smallest living man ( mobile) " explained. As a result, He was a favorite of the media and appeared on various talk shows. In 2008 and 2009 presented Hey, who was a popular advertising medium of Guinness Publishing due to its size, the new Guinness Book of World Records in front of the world press and traveled this include Japan, Germany and America. Various PR events brought the " go-getting [n ] and media- savvy [n ] " Hey with other record holders together, including the largest people in the world, Bao Xishun (236 cm ) in 2007 and Sultan Kosen ( 247 cm ) in 2010, and the woman with the longest legs according to the Guinness book of world, Svetlana Pankratova.

He died at the age of 21 while filming a TV show of a heart attack. The chain -smoking had already been treated for two weeks earlier because of chest pain. The chief editor of the Guinness Book of World Records, Craig Glenday, He praised fixed as " inspiration to all [ ... ], which is other or unusual are " made ​​and that he was " for such a small man [ ... ] great impression around the world made " have. In the issue of the new Guinness Book of World Records will be reminded of He, before a successor was wanted.