Khagendra Thapa Magar
2005 Germany's Strongest Man contest, in 2011
Born(1992-10-04)4 October 1992
Baglung District, Nepal
Died17 January 2020(2020-01-17) (aged 27)
Pokhara, Nepal
NationalityNepalese
Known forFormerly being the world's shortest living man
Height0.67 m (2 ft 2 in)[1]

Khagendra Thapa Magar (Nepali: खगेन्द्र थापामगर) (4 October 1992 – 17 January 2020)[2] was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.67 m (2 ft 2 in).[1][3] Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest man from Edward Niño Hernández. He lost the title in June 2011 to Junrey Balawing of the Philippines.[4]

Biography

Born on 18 Asoj in the Nepali calendar, or 4 October 1992,[5] he was from the Baglung District of Nepal. Just 600 grams (21 oz) at birth, he weighed 6.5 kilograms (14 lb; 1.02 st).[1] In May 2008, Khagendra appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called The World's Smallest Man and Me hosted by Mark Dolan.[6]

Magar died in a Pokhara hospital on 17 January 2020 after complications from pneumonia at the age of 27.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Shrestha, Manesh (14 October 2010). "Nepalese teen named world's shortest man". CNN. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  2. ^ "World's shortest man dies in Nepal at 27". Agence-France Presse. Yahoo!. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Nepal Teen to Stand Tall as World's Shortest Man". CBS News. October 13, 2010.
  4. ^ "World record as 60cm teen Junrey Balawing turns 18". The Australian. 12 June 2011.
  5. ^ "World's shortest man"  – does he measure up? Archived 2010-11-06 at the Wayback Machine Guinness World Records blog
  6. ^ "Programme Two: The World's Smallest Man and Me". Channel4.com. 2008-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-04-28. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  7. ^ "World's shortest mobile man dies aged 27". BBC News. January 18, 2020.

External links


Categories