Edward Niño Hernández (born May 10, 1986) is the world's second shortest living mobile man. He was certified on September 4, 2010, by the

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. At 24 years of age Hernandez was tall and weighed . At 33 years of age Hernandez was tall. He lives in

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."World's shortest man named as 27ins tall Colombian"
''Telegraph'' The previous titleholder,

He Pingping He Pingping (; 13 July 1988 – 13 March 2010) was a Chinese citizen and, according to the ''Guinness World Records'', at one time the world's shortest mobile man. Early and personal life Pingping measured tall, and was the third child of a ...

of Inner Mongolia, was taller and died on March 13, 2010, in

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, Italy, where he was filming the TV program ''Lo show dei record''. Hernandez's reign ended on October 14, 2010, when

Khagendra Thapa Magar Khagendra Thapa Magar ( ne, खगेन्द्र थापामगर) (4 October 1992 – 17 January 2020) was a Nepali once known as the shortest man in the world, measuring . Magar, who was a primordial dwarf, won the title of shortest man ...

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turned 18. He reclaimed the record following Magar's death on January 17, 2020, and lost it again on December 13, 2022, to Afshin Ghaderzadeh of

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when he was aged 20. He appeared on the TV programme ''

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'' in

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1986 births Living people People from Bogotá People with dwarfism {{Colombia-bio-stub

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