7 ft 9 in (236.2 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
Olivier Rioux is commonly listed at 7 ft 9 in (236.2 cm).
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Olivier Rioux’s 7 ft 9 in (236.2 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
Olivier Rioux is one of the taller basketball players we have heights for: Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8 ft 0.5 in) stands 3.5 in (8.8 cm) taller and Muggsy Bogues (5 ft 3 in) is 2 ft 6 in (76.2 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 7 ft 9 in: Sun Mingming and Abiodun Adegoke.
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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