Zeng Jinlian 1242391 225903537 2008-07-15T23:05:10Z 201.51.76.48 {{Unreferenced|date=January 2008}} '''Zeng Jinlian''' ({{zh-stp|s=曾金莲|t=曾金蓮|p=''Zēng (Céng) Jīnlián''}}; [[June 26]] [[1964]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[February 13]] [[1982]]) was the tallest female ever recorded in medical history, taking [[Jane Bunford]]'s record. She is also the only female counted among the twelve individuals in medical history who reached a verified eight feet or more. At the time of her death at the age of 17, in [[Hunan]], [[China]], she was 8 ft 2 in (249 cm) tall. However, she could not stand up straight due to a severely deformed [[vertebral column|spine]]. Nevertheless, she was the tallest person in the world at the time. In the year between the death of 8 feet 2 inch [[Don Koehler]] and her own, she surpassed fellow 'eight-footers' [[Gabriel Estavao Monjane]] and [[Suleiman Ali Nashnush]]. Her growth patterns mirrored those of [[Robert Wadlow]], as shown by the table below. {| class="wikitable" !Age of Zeng Jinlian !Height of Zeng Jinlian !Age of Robert Wadlow !Height of Robert Wadlow |- |<4 |5 feet 1.5 inches |5 |5 feet 4 inches |- |13 |7 feet 1.5 inches |13 |7 feet 1.75 inches |- |<18 |8 feet 2 inches |18 |8 feet 3.5 inches |- |} == See also == * [[List of tallest people]] {{china-bio-stub}} [[Category:People with gigantism]] [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:1982 deaths]] [[Category:Chinese people]] [[Category:World record holders]] [[fi:Zeng Jinlian]]