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Old page wikitext, before the edit (old_wikitext ) | ''''Lin Yü-chih''' ([[wikt:林|林]][[wikt:煜|煜]][[wikt:智|智]]; pinyin: Lín Yùzhì; b. ca. 1972)<sup>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2005/08/23/20050822190045.jpeg photo]</sup> is the former 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 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.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9811/03/fringe/shortest.people/ World's shortest man, woman campaign for disabled]</ref><ref>Murphy, W. (2002). Orphan Diseases: New Hope for Rare Medical Conditions. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 0-399-14218-5</ref> He is the founder of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Association.<ref>Chang Chiung-fang: [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], ''Taiwan Panorama'', 2000.</ref>
==Other claimants==
Others have also claimed the 'Shortest Man' title. [[He Pingping]], from China, measured 73 cm (2 ft 4.74 in) high and in 2007 was crowned as the world's shortest man who could walk.<!--link broken<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/tallest_title_dc</ref>--> 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 63 cm tall; his review is currently under way in light of his turning 18 years-old.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5612964/Khagendra-Thapa-Magar-soon-to-be-worlds-smallest-man.html Khagendra Thapa Magar soon to be world's smallest man], ''Telegraph.co.uk'', 23 June 2009.</ref>
== See also ==
*[[List of shortest people]]
*[[He Pingping]]
*[[Younis Edwan]]
*[[Edward Nino Hernandez]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/23/2003268815 Article from''Taipei Times''], August 23, 2005
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New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext ) | ''''Lin Yü-chih''' ([[wikt:林|林]][[wikt:煜|煜]][[wikt:智|智]]; pinyin: Lín Yùzhì; b. ca. 1972)<sup>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2005/08/23/20050822190045.jpeg photo]</sup> is the former 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]].
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==Other claimants==
Others have also claimed the 'Shortest Man' title. [[He Pingping]], from China, measured 73 cm (2 ft 4.74 in) high and in 2007 was crowned as the world's shortest man who could walk.<!--link broken<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/tallest_title_dc</ref>--> 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 63 cm tall; his review is currently under way in light of his turning 18 years-old.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5612964/Khagendra-Thapa-Magar-soon-to-be-worlds-smallest-man.html Khagendra Thapa Magar soon to be world's smallest man], ''Telegraph.co.uk'', 23 June 2009.</ref>
== See also ==
*[[List of shortest people]]
*[[He Pingping]]
*[[Younis Edwan]]
*[[Edward Nino Hernandez]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2005/08/23/2003268815 Article from''Taipei Times''], August 23, 2005
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[[Category:People with dwarfism]]
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