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On 8/29/2022 at 2:20 PM, hckošice said:

Is a chance to find who was the tallest and who was the shortest Olympic champion between men and women in all modern-Olympic era history ? Likewise, who was also the heaviest and who was the lightest in both men and women in the history?

 

I can not find the answer anywhere.

I'll take a stab at this.  For men, the shortest gold medalist I'm sure is Joseph DePietro   WL 1948 gold medal in bantamweight.  He was 1.40 metes tall.  The tallest is Arvydas Sabonis   BB 1988 then bronze 1992 for   listed at 2.21 m.  

For Women, the tallest I'm sure is Uljana Semjonova  (    nationality) BB 1976 and 1980 listed between 2.10 and 2.16.  The shortest is Mariya Filatova  Gymnastics 1976 and 1980, 1.36 meters tall.  Filatova is also likely the lightest listed at 30 kg.  

 

For men, the heaviest gold medalist is probably Leonid Zhabotynsky   1964 and 1968 WL listed at 163 kg.  The heaviest woman is Zhou Lulu    2012 WL at 133 kg.

 

 

Actually, the shortest and lightest men's gold medalist may be the unknow cox of the 1900 pairs event, thought to be around 11 years old. 

[hckošice 14,822]

4 hours ago, Triplecast said:

I'll take a stab at this.  For men, the shortest gold medalist I'm sure is Joseph DePietro   WL 1948 gold medal in bantamweight.  He was 1.40 metes tall.  The tallest is Arvydas Sabonis   BB 1988 then bronze 1992 for   listed at 2.21 m.  

For Women, the tallest I'm sure is Uljana Semjonova  (    nationality) BB 1976 and 1980 listed between 2.10 and 2.16.  The shortest is Mariya Filatova  Gymnastics 1976 and 1980, 1.36 meters tall.  Filatova is also likely the lightest listed at 30 kg.  

 

For men, the heaviest gold medalist is probably Leonid Zhabotynsky   1964 and 1968 WL listed at 163 kg.  The heaviest woman is Zhou Lulu    2012 WL at 133 kg.

 

 

Actually, the shortest and lightest men's gold medalist may be the unknow cox of the 1900 pairs event, thought to be around 11 years old. 

Oh Thank you very very much my dear sir

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7 hours ago, Triplecast said:

I'll take a stab at this.  For men, the shortest gold medalist I'm sure is Joseph DePietro   WL 1948 gold medal in bantamweight.  He was 1.40 metes tall.  The tallest is Arvydas Sabonis   BB 1988 then bronze 1992 for   listed at 2.21 m.  

For Women, the tallest I'm sure is Uljana Semjonova  (    nationality) BB 1976 and 1980 listed between 2.10 and 2.16.  The shortest is Mariya Filatova  Gymnastics 1976 and 1980, 1.36 meters tall.  Filatova is also likely the lightest listed at 30 kg.  

 

For men, the heaviest gold medalist is probably Leonid Zhabotynsky   1964 and 1968 WL listed at 163 kg.  The heaviest woman is Zhou Lulu    2012 WL at 133 kg.

 

 

Actually, the shortest and lightest men's gold medalist may be the unknow cox of the 1900 pairs event, thought to be around 11 years old. 

 Behdad Salimi (WL, men's +105kg) at the London 2012 Games was listed in competition at 168.19kg  

 

p.s. also  Andrei Chemerkin in 1996 was listed as heavier than Zhabotnysky (165+ kg)

 

among the women,  Li Wenwen in Tokyo 2021 was listed at 150.10kg 

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Sorry for the delay.

Tallest gold medallists

 

Arvydas    Sabonis    M        URS    BKB 1988 223cm
Viktor    Pankrashkin    M       URS    BKB 1988  220
Dmitry    Musersky    M        RUS    VVO 2012  219
David    Robinson    M        USA    BKB 1992/6 216
Tyson    Chandler    M        USA    BKB 2012 216
Sergey    Kovalenko    M        URS    BKB 1972 216
Shaquille    O'Neal    M        USA    BKB 1996 216
 

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Tallest medallists

 

Arvydas    Sabonis    M        URS    BKB 1988 223cm

Tommy Burleson       M        USA    BKB 1972 223cm

Viktor Pankrashkin    M         URS  BKB 1988 220cm

Vladimir Tkachenko  M         URS  BKB 1980 220cm

Dmitry    Musersky    M        RUS    VVO 2012  219

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Heaviest gold medalists

LeonidZhabotinsky M URS WLF 1964 163kg

LashaTalakhadze M  GEO WLF 2016 160

BehdadSalimi M IRI WLF 2012 160

VasilyAlekseyev M URS WLF 1976 160

DanielStåhl M SWE ATH 2020 155

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Heaviest medalists

Chris    Taylor    M        USA    WRE 1972 183kg
Dmitry    Nosov    M        RUS    JUD 2004 175
Ali    Davoudi    M      IRI    WLF 2020 168

Leonid Zhabotinsky M URS WLF 1964 163kg

Lasha Talakhadze M  GEO WLF 2016 160

Behdad Salimi M IRI WLF 2012 160

Vasily Alekseyev M URS WLF 1976 160

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Shortest gold medal winners

Li    Lu    F       CHN    GAR 92 136cm
Mariya    Filatova    F        URS    GAR 76 136
Xin    Wang    F        CHN    DIV 80 137
Oana    Ban    F        ROU    GAR 04 139
Dominique    Moceanu    F        USA    GAR 96 139
Loredana    Boboc    F        ROU    GAR 2000 139

Joe    DePietro    M        USA    WLF 84 140
 

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Shortest medalists

Same as gold medal list except

Kim Zmeskal F USA GAR 1992 also 139

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Lightest medalists

Xin Wang F CHN DIV 2008 28kg

Li Lu F CHN GAR 1992 30 kg

Mariya    Filatova    F URS 1976 GAR 30

Patricia Moreno F ESP GAR 2004 31

Loredana Boboc F ROU GAR 2000 32