11-year-old Zhang Ziyu from eastern China has always stood out from the crowd.

Towering over her peers at an incredible height of 6ft 10in (2.1m), the sixth-grader in Jinan, Shangdong aspires to be a professional basketball player.

Sophie Hollins, 12, from Southampton, England is currently recognised by Guinness World Records as the tallest girl in the world at 6ft 2in, despite being several inches shorter than Zhang.

Zhang's height has not been officially recognised by the Guinness World Records and it is unclear if her family plans to make a bid for the title.

Zhang's height is probably genetically inherited, with her mother and father both standing at six feet tall.

At the tender age of 11, Zhang is already three inches taller than an average NBA player. She's two inches taller than her idol, top NBA star LeBron James, 33, who stands at 6ft 8in (2.03 metres).

The teenager has been developing a passion for the sport since the age of five under the influence of her mother Yu Ying, who is a former professional basketball player on China's national team and now a coach for the provincial team in Shandong.

The teenager also excels in her studies, music and dance, according to Luzhou Evening News citing Zhang's teacher.

Video of Zhang at a game of catch with her classmates shows they are no match for the towering girl.

'I like being friends with Ziyu,' one of her classmates told video news site Pear. 'Because she's so tall and can lift me really high up!'

'She was already 1.6m (5ft 3in) tall when we were all in first grade,' another said.

'Even though i'm older than her, I have to stretch my neck to talk to her!' another student said.

She is about one-third taller than the average 11-year-old Chinese girl who measures at about 4ft 6in (1.38m).

Zhang is a tad taller than Ren Keyu, a 11-year-old boy from Leshan, Sichuan province who is 6ft 9in (2.06 metres) tall.

Ren's family was considering applying for a Guinness World Record for him in June, but Zhang might just make a worthy opponent.









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her genes got mixed up in the wrong planet.

wah proporionate and healthy looking

usually these type people looking frail n unhealthy

11 year old....

i straight away thought it is about underage marriage.

Wish her Well .

Have a Good and Productive Life. !!!!

still young

wait ten or twenty years down the road

Wah wtf ahahaha

damn... buying beds / car / house door must be a hard time...

Holy crap, 11 years old 2 meters? And look healthy some more with good brain. This is really good gene.

Kesian though, probably won't be able to get a boyfriend until college

Ask her camp under the net. Her other 4 team mates just focus on passing high balls to her.

Win all primary school basketball championships

But one main issue with gigantism is the heart cannot pump enough blood to the body.

There's also ankle cannot handle the weight.
Which is one of the reason for Yao Ming frequent injuries.

Is a kind of sickness too Much Growth Hormone (Hyperpituitarism)

'I swear officer, she's 18!'
'No, she's only 11'
'ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???'

Real life "cheat code".

Wtf insapla

Damn nice genes

11yo and she still growing fucuking memang new world record there

Article got say she still growing meh? Should have stopped by now..... or else, already too extreme liao.

Gonna grow up like this?


This post has been edited by jerm57: Nov 22 2018, 11:13 AM

Belum 18 sudah earn millions playing in WNBA

i suspect China bio-engineering giants to take over the world

At standing position, partner can only lick.

Those giants come with their specific complications. Glad she looks really healthy.

There is a 7 feet 7 inch high school/ college kid in US training to be NBA player who looks like a unbalanced stick right now. Not sure if these type can make it.

If she grow anymore, her body will be too big, heart won't be strong enough to pump blood throughout.

The boys in her class can't see her eyes.
Their head is at the height of her chest!!

donedakwah

Can enter nba in early age...

acromegaly?

if mother and father are both tall, surely their offspring will be tall but not this tall.

Got puberty earlier?

Don't think so.....

Girls will grow until mid teen years. She got around 5 years more to "develop".

NBA and WNBA has minimum age requirements.

This post has been edited by FauxHawk: Nov 22 2018, 12:02 PM

Already so tall. Should stop playing basketball otherwise she will just grow taller.

Ren Keyu can be her bf.

Wtf

tall people usually don't have a very long lifespan

Hi yes

She l9ooka healthy

need special desk at classroom i guess

Will you place a pre-order?

Hope she can get to live a healthy, happy and fulfilling life.

is she a TITAN?!

Future Volley Ball Star

is that yao ming doter ?

When she reach age 20, she should go plastic surgery, keep nice body

Then become long legs super model

wtf

always get blame by teacher , because teacher ask her sit down she not follow order

more like chemical waste transform the parent sperm and ovum

She might have same problem with Big Show, Acromegaly

sos

kesian to those at the very tip of the Bell chart when it comes to human growth/physical shape.

its caused by genetic ABNORMALities that might shorten their lifespan. Heart must be straining to maintain performance and pump blood to extremities that far .

China will force her to breed

Kecian
Future hubbie need to be Yao Ming equivalent