How tall was Dean Potter?

Dean Potter is commonly listed at 6 ft 5 in (196 cm).

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Dean Potter’s 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Dean Potter beside others

Dean Potter is one of the taller athletes we have heights for: Jorge González (7 ft 7 in) stands 1 ft 2 in (35 cm) taller and Allyson Felix (5 ft 6 in) is 11 in (28.4 cm) shorter.

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6 ft 5 in (196 cm)

A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

Source: Wikipedia

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Dean Potter, 6 ft 5 in (196 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)