Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh
Born (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002
NationalityIranian
Known forShortest living adult
Height65.24 cm (2 ft 2 in)
ParentEsmaeil Ghaderzadeh

Afshin Ghaderzadeh (Persian: افشین قادرزاده) (born 13 July 2002) is an Iranian Internet personality who is the shortest living man in the world. He was recognized by the Guinness World Records in December 2022.[1][2] He has dimensions of measuring 65.24 centimetres (25.69 in), which is 7 centimetres (2.8 in) less than the previous person.[3][4]

Ghaderzadeh also holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest hands on a living person.[5]

Biography

Ghaderzadeh was born on 13 July 2002 to an Kurdish family in Bukan, Iran.[6] He stopped studying because of his physical condition, but with the support provided by Iranian National Records Registration Committee,[7] he was able to record the national record of the smallest living man in Iran and then the world record of the smallest living man in the world. One of his friends manages an Instagram page: @mohamadgaderzadeh_official[8] for him. Ghaderzadeh is fluent in Persian and Kurdish.[9][10][11]

References

  1. "20-year-old Iranian confirmed as world's shortest man". Guinness World Records. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. Diaz, One Carlo (15 December 2022). "Meet the world's shortest man, Iran's Afshin Ghaderzadeh, at 65cm". The National. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. "Meet Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh, 20-year-old from Iran crowned world's shortest man". DNA India. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. "Meet Afshin Ghaderzadeh, the World's Shortest Man Alive, Who is 2 Feet 1 Inch Tall". News18. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  5. "Man With The Smallest Hands". Guinness World Records. 21 April 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023 via YouTube.
  6. https://www.rudaw.net/english/world/151220222-amp
  7. "کوتاه قدترین مرد دنیا: رویایم کمک به پدر و مادرم است". News Agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  8. "20 वर्षीय ईरानी को दुनिया का सबसे छोटा आदमी घोषित किया गया". Dainik-Samaachaar. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  9. "Dubai: Iran's Afshin Ghaderzadeh is now the World's shortest man alive". 16 December 2022.
  10. "رویای کوتاه قدترین مرد جهان، متولد روستایی دورافتاده در ایران". euronews (in Persian). 25 December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  11. "این مرد ایرانی با قد کوتاهش جهانی شد / افشین قادرزاده کیست؟+ فیلم و عکس". رکنا (in Persian). Retrieved 17 January 2023.

Recorded by Afshin Esmaeil Ghaderzadeh in Guinness


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