Edward Niño Hernández

Edward Niño Hernández (born May 10, 1986)[1] is the world's second[2] shortest living mobile man. He was certified on September 4, 2010, by the Guinness World Records. At 24 years of age Hernandez was 0.7 m (2 ft 3+12 in) tall and weighed 10 kg (22 lb). At 33 years of age Hernandez was 0.721 m (2 ft 4+12 in) tall.[1] He lives in Bogotá, Colombia.[3][4]

Edward Niño Hernández
Born (1986-05-10) May 10, 1986
NationalityColombian
OccupationDancer/actor
Known forBeing one of the world's shortest living men

The previous titleholder, He Pingping of Inner Mongolia, was 3.8 cm (1.5 inches) taller and died on March 13, 2010, in Rome, Italy, where he was filming the TV program Lo show dei record. Hernandez's reign ended on October 14, 2010, when Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal turned 18. He reclaimed the record following Magar's death on January 17, 2020, and lost it again on December 13, 2022, to Afshin Ghaderzadeh of Iran when he was aged 20.[2]

He appeared on the TV programme Susana Giménez in Argentina.

See also

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.