Is Suparwono (24), was born in Banyumas, Pringsewu, Lampung, November 4, 1983, which was recorded as the highest man in Indonesia. These results obtained from the official measurements made by the world museum record of Indonesia (MURI) on December 2, 2009. According to the MURI, Suparwono has 2.42 meters tall. MURI Suparwono measure the height of the body in standing and lying positions.
Despite holding the record for highest man in Indonesia, but hopes to Suparwono names are recorded as the world's tallest man in the Guinness Book of World Records did not materialize. Because, Suparwono was five inches shorter than bika record holder for tallest man in the world today, namely the Sultan Kosen.
Kosen into the Guinness Book of World Records last September after "defeating'' Bao Xishun, a citizen of China, is 236.1 cm tall.
Previously, Suparwono claimed 270 cm high or higher than the Kosen. There is also a mention, a high one former player basketball club in Surabaya was 271 cm. Suparwono name became very popular this week after one of her relatives in Lampung invite the neighbors to take pictures with him. The last few days, he appeared on television talk shows in Jakarta as a ''giant from Lampung". However, it would prefer Suparwono referred to as ''elephant man''.
Suparwono says sometimes felt ''proud''to his height. ''But, (high body size) is also a problem because I can not live like a normal person,'' he said. He pointed out the difficulty in public buses or find size clothes and shoes that fit. So for clothes to sew own. Suparwono often travel without using shoes or sandals because it is hard to find shoes or slippers with size 64. In between television interview show, also told Suparwono human experience becomes the highest. ''I just realized my body height incredible when 10-year-old. At that time I was a student at the school and the highest my village,'' he said.
Currently Suparwono lived with her parents and became a laborer. He sometimes worked odd jobs to earn money. Suparwono, eat at least 3 kilograms of rice and 15 egss in a day.
(Sumber: Indonesian Blog)