5 ft 9 in (175.3 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
Kelly Slater is commonly listed at 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm).
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Kelly Slater’s 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm) is about average for a US man: about 50 in 100 US men are shorter.
Kelly Slater is one of the shorter athletes we have heights for: Jorge González (7 ft 7 in) stands 1 ft 10 in (55.7 cm) taller and Allyson Felix (5 ft 6 in) is 3 in (7.6 cm) shorter.
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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