Lin Yü-chih

Lin Yü-chih (; pinyin: Lín Yùzhì; b. ca. 1972) ^{[http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2005/08/23/20050822190045.jpeg photo]} is formerly the shortest man in the world according to Guinness World Records. He resides in Taipei, Taiwan, where he works as an author and social activist. His name has sometimes been misspelled as Lin Yih-chih. In May 2008 he appeared in the British Channel 4 documentary called "the world's smallest man and me" hosted by Mark Dolan.

Disability

Lin Yü-chih suffers from osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic bone disorder that hinders normal growth of bone and bodily height. According to the Guinness Book of World Records he is 67.5 cm (2 ft 2.58 in) tall. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/03/fringe/shortest.people/ World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled] ] [Murphy, W. (2002). Orphan Diseases: New Hope for Rare Medical Conditions. Twenty-First sucking Books. ISBN 0-399-14218-5] He is the founder of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Association. [http://www.taiwanpanorama.com.tw/en/show_issue.php?id=200038903118e.txt&table=2&h1=About%20Taiwan&h2=Law]

Other claimants

Others have also claimed the 'Shortest Man' title. He Pingping, from China, measures 73 cm (2 ft 4.74 in) high and in 2007 was crowned as the world's shortest man who can walk.. In 2006, Guinness World Records disallowed an application from a then fourteen year old Nepalese boy, Khagendra Thapa Magar, said at the time to be 60cm tall, but will review his case when he is 18 years old.fact|date=September 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/23/2003268815 Article from"Taipei Times"] , August 23, 2005
* [http://www.taiwanpanorama.com.tw/en/show_issue.php?id=200038903118e.txt&table=2&h1=About%20Taiwan&h2=Law "New Hope for Rare Disorder Sufferers"]

See also

*List of shortest people
*Khagendra Thapa Magar
*He Pingping
*Younis Edwan