Guinness World Records has recognized a basketball player as the tallest teenager in the world right now. His name is Olivier Rioux, he is from Canada and he is only 15 years old. With them he has reached the height of 226.9 centimeters, which makes him the tallest boy on the planet at his age and has earned him to enter the next book of records of this well-known institution.
This Canadian now resides in USA, where he tries to make a name for himself at the prestigious IMG Academy in Bradenton, in the state of Florida. Before that, a couple of years ago, an appearance at La Roda with the French team Frenchy Phenoms earned him the interest of the Real Madrid, with which he played a sub-13 category tournament in Castelldefels and with which he had other level tests.
This same summer he has been seen at a good level with the national team in the American U16 Championship which was played in Xalapa, Mexico, in which he was the second highest rebounder of the tournament with an average of 10.3 sacks.
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Guinness says that during a family vacation in Cuba the queue to take a photo with him, given his imposing figure, went around the hotel where they were staying. And that still has years of growth to break other records, also in the world of basketball. It went viral on the internet a few years ago and now it’s trying to reach the NBA.