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Junrey Balawing ( ; ; born April 5, 1993) is a Filipino and record holder at the Guinness Book of World Records. Balawing is the world's shortest man alive measuring at tall.〔News Asia-Pacific. (2011-06-12). (Philippines man crowned world's shortest ). ''BBC News.'' Retrieved 2011-07-08.〕 The declaration came during Balawing's 18th birthday celebration.〔Jay Directo (AFP). (2011-06-12). (Filipino teen Junrey Balawing declared world's shortest man ) ''News.Com Australia.'' Retrieved 2011-06-12.〕 Guinness World Records official said Balawing broke the record of Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal, who is tall.〔Associated Press. (2011-06-12). (World record as 60cm teen Junrey Balawing turns 18 ) ''The Australian.'' Retrieved 2011-06-12.〕 He stopped growing at the age of 1. Balawing, the son of a poor blacksmith, was born and lives in Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, about south of the capital Manila. Although he was documented as the shortest living man, he missed the title of shortest man in history, which was held by Gul Mohammed of India, who was tall and died on October 1, 1997.〔Everett Rosenfeld. (June 2011). (New 'World's Shortest Man' Celebrates Birthday, World Record ) ''Newsfeed Time.'' Retrieved 2011-06-15.〕〔Abhijit Naik. (2010-06-29) (Smallest Man in the World ). ''Buzzle.Com Website'' Retrieved 2011-06-17.〕 In February 2012, Chandra Bahadur Dangi of Nepal, who stands tall was declared the world's shortest living man. As a result, Junrey held the record for less than a year. Following the death of Chandra Bahadur Dangi on September 3, 2015, Balawing now holds the title of the shortest living man. 〔http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-IRTB-30387〕 == See also == *List of shortest people 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Junrey Balawing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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