Tallest players ever by country

[rikhardur]

AFGHANISTAN -

ALBANIA – Orion Garo (2.07m)

ALGERIA – Saad Kaiche (2.29m)

AMERICAN SAMOA -

ANDORRA -

ANGOLA -

ANGUILLA –

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA –

ARGENTINA - Jorge González (2.29m)

ARMENIA – Armen Hovhannisyan (2.18m)

ARUBA -

AZERBAIJAN - Alexandr Rindin (2.25m)

AUSTRALIA – Sam Harris (2.20m)

AUSTRIA – Martin Kohlmaier (2.17m)

BAHAMAS –

BAHRAIN –

BANGLADESH -

BARBADOS –

BHUTAN -

BELARUS – Pavel Nickiporchik (2.16m)

BELGIUM - Lionel Mineo (2.18m)

BELIZE –

BENIN –

BERMUDA –

BOLIVIA -

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA - Dalibor Mi?i? (2.24m)

BRAZIL – Emil Rached, Damião Rodrigues (2.20m)

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS –

BRUNEI -

BULGARIA –

BURKINA FASO – André Bamogo (2.15m)

CAMBODIA -

CAMEROON – Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje (2.13m)

CANADA - Jerry Sokoloski (2.27m)

CAPE VERDE –

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC –

CHILE -

CHINA - Sun Ming Ming (2.33m)

COLOMBIA –

COMORES –

CONGO –

COOK ISLANDS -

COSTA RICA -

CROATIA – Bruno Šundov, Jere Lakoš (2.20m)

CUBA -

CYPURS - Panagiotis Koutsoloukas (2.08m)

CZECH REPUBLIC - Ivo Höger (2.25m)

DENMARK – Chris Christoffersen (2.18m)

DOMINICA – Garth Joseph (2.18m)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC –

DR CONGO - Dikembe Mutombo (2.18m)

EAST TIMOR -

ECUADOR –

EGYPT - Samir Gouda (2.17m)

EL SALVADOR -

ESTONIA – Janar Purasson (2.20m)

ETHIOPIA -

FIJI -

FINLAND - Antti Nikkilä (2.10m)

FRANCE - Jean-Claude Lefebvre (2.23m)

FRENCH POLYNESIA -

FYROM – Predrag Samardžiski (2.15m)

GABON –

GAMBIA –

GEORGIA - Sergo Atuashvili (2.22m)

GERMANY - Rolf Mayr (2.22m)

GREECE - Iakovos Tsakalidis (2.18m)

GUAM -

GUATEMALA –

GUINEA –

GUINEA-BISSAU -

GUYANA –

HAITI – Olden Polynice (2.11m)

HONDURAS –

HONG KONG -

HUNGARY -

ICELAND - Pétur Guðmundsson (2.18m)

INDIA - Pradeep Srivastava (2.23m)

INDONESIA - Ujang Warlika (2.23m)

IRAN - Jaber Rouzbahani (2.24m)

IRAQ -

IRELAND - Pat Burke (2.11m)

ISRAEL - Guy Parselani (2.17m)

ITALY – Tonino Fuss (2.20m)

IVORY COAST -

JAMAICA -

JAPAN - Yasutaka Okayama (2.36m)

JORDAN - Jamal Ma'ayta (2.14m)

KAZAKHSTAN - Uvays Akhtaev (2.38m)

KENYA –

KIRIBATI –

KOREA - Ha Seung-Jin (2.21m)

KUWAIT –

KYRGYZSTAN –

LAOS -

LATVIA - J?nis Kr?mi?Å¡ (2.23m)

LEBANON - Elie Haber (2.18m)

LESOTHO –

LIBERIA –

LIBYA - Suleiman Ali Nashnush (2.45m)

LITHUANIA - Arvydas Sabonis, Žydr?nas Ilgauskas (2.21m)

LUXEMBOURG –

MADAGASCAR –

MALAYSIA –

MALDIVES –

MALI – Soumaila Samake (2.13m)

MALTA - Samuel Deguara (2.23m)

MARSHALL ISLANDS -

MAURITANIA –

MAURITIUS –

MAYOTTE -

MEXICO – Horacio Llamas (2.13m)

MICRONESIA -

MOLDOVA –

MONGOLIA – Sharavjamts Tserenjanhor (2.13m)

MONTENEGRO - Slavko Vraneš (2.29m)

MOROCCO –

MOZAMBIQUE –

MYANMAR -

NAURU -

NETHERLANDS - Rik Smits (2.23m)

NEW CALEDONIA –

NEW ZEALAND - John Thocolich (2.23m)

NICARAGUA –

NIGER –

NIGERIA – Hakeem Olajuwon, Yinka Dare (2.13m)

NORTH KOREA - Ri Myung-Hun (2.35m)

NORWAY –

OMAN –

PAKISTAN -

PALAU –

PALESTINE -

PANAMA –

PAPUA NEW GUINEA -

PARAGUAY – Arnoldo Penzkofer (2.13m)

PERU – Ignacio de Ferrari (2.05m)

PHILIPPINES – Raul Dillo (2.20m)

POLAND - Jakub Ku?mieruk (2.23m)

PORTUGAL - Armando Mota (2.14m)

PUERTO RICO - Peter John Ramos (2.21m)

QATAR - Hashem Zaidan (2.11m)

ROMANIA - Gheorghe Mure?an (2.31m)

RUSSIA - Aleksandr Sizonenko (2.40m)

RWANDA –

SAMOA -

SAN MARINO –

SAUDI ARABIA –

SENEGAL – Malik Sidibe (2.29m)

SERBIA – Boban Marjanovi? (2.22m)

SEYCHELLES –

SIERRA LEONE –

SINGAPORE –

SLOVAKIA – Martin Miklóšik (2.27m)

SLOVENIA – Mirza Begi? (2.20m)

SOLOMON ISLANDS –

SPAIN – Roberto Dueñas (2.21m)

SRI LANKA - Eric Obeysekere (2.03m)

ST. KITTS & NEVIS –

ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES -

SUDAN - Manute Bol (2.31m)

SURINAM -

SWEDEN - Joakim Blom (2.11m)

SWITZERLAND –

SYRIA - Abdulwahab Hamwi (2.17m)

TAIWAN –

TAJIKISTAN –

TANZANIA – Hasheem Thabeet (2.21m)

THAILAND -

TOGO –

TOKELAU –

TONGA -

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO –

TUNISIA –

TURKMENISTAN -

TURKEY - Sultan Kösen (2.47m)

TURKS & CAICOS –

TUVALU -

UGANDA –

UKRAINE - Viktor Zabolotny (2.39m)

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Salem Mubarak (2.05)

UNITED KINGDOM - Neil Fingleton (2.29m)

URUGUAY -

US VIRGIN ISLANDS -

USA - George Bell (2.34m)

UZBEKISTAN - Sergey Karaulov (2.16m)

VANUATU -

VENEZUELA – Carl Herrera (2.06m)

VIETNAM –

YEMEN -

ZAMBIA –

ZIMBABWE –





Help fill in the missing ones and/or make corrections <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[BeatleManU]

I'm not sure about this one, because you are using centimeters...

[rikhardur]

[quote name='BeatleManU' date='16 January 2009 - 01:33 AM' timestamp='1232062419' post='13766']I'm not sure about this one, because you are using centimeters...[/quote]

It's not me, it's almost the whole world <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Use online converters.

[rikhardur]

Added Antti Nikkilä for Finland, Yinka Dare for Nigeria, Pat Burke for Ireland, Joakim Blom for Sweden and Carl Herrera for Venezuela.

[Black Urum]

These are current players only, I don't know if there were taller than them in the past.



Albania - Ermal Kuqo - 2.07

Armenia - Armen Hovhannisyan - 2.18

Belarus - Pavel Nikiprchik - 2.16

Bulgaria - Priest Lauderdale - 2.21

Cyprus - Panayiotis Koutsoloukas - 2.08

Uzbekistan - Sergey Karaulov - 2.16



Past Players:



I had read an article about an Italian player named John Harris who played in Italian 3rd division for Embedocle. He was 2.33 and his last game was in 1990. He was born in 1970. Unfortunately I couldn't find any more info on him.



Some possible corrections:



Belgium - Lionel Mineo - 2.18 ([url="http://http"]LINK[/url])

[rikhardur]

[quote name='Black Urum' date='10 February 2009 - 02:47 PM' timestamp='1234270045' post='14295']These are current players only, I don't know if there were taller than them in the past.



Albania - Ermal Kuqo - 2.07

Armenia - Armen Hovhannisyan - 2.18

Belarus - Pavel Nikiprchik - 2.16

Bulgaria - Priest Lauderdale - 2.21

Cyprus - Panayiotis Koutsoloukas - 2.08

Uzbekistan - Sergey Karaulov - 2.16



Past Players:



I had read an article about an Italian player named John Harris who played in Italian 3rd division for Embedocle. He was 2.33 and his last game was in 1990. He was born in 1970. Unfortunately I couldn't find any more info on him.



Some possible corrections:



Belgium - Lionel Mineo - 2.18 ([url="http://http"]LINK[/url])[/quote]

Thanks Arkadios <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I'll add those later

About Jon Harris some sources say he was born in Italy and say he played for that club Empedocle, but those facts aren't proved, nor is his height (he is more known as a wrestler, I'm sure his height became exaggerated).

[rikhardur]

Added everyone except Kuqo and Lauderdale for the same reasons, i.e., they were naturalised and in the case of the first he plays for Turkey. Replaced him with Orion Garo which is the same height. Many thanks Arkadios, post more if you find them <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />