The status of the tallest married couple on the planet has been held by Chinese Sun Mingming and Xu Yan for more than 10 years.
The husband's height is 236.17 centimeters. His wife is also quite a tall person - 187.3 centimeters.
Thus, the total height of the spouses is 423.47 centimeters. This is a world record.
What is known about the tallest married couple
Both members of the couple are involved in sports at a professional level.
So, Sun Minmin is a basketball player. But his wife plays handball.
It is known that Sun Mingming met Xu Yan in 2009 at one of the competitions. They got married 4 years later.
Soon the happy husband and wife were recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest married couple in the world.
The tallest married couple in history
Despite their enormous combined height of 423.47 centimetres, the Chinese couple are a far cry from the 19th century figures of Anna Haining Bates and Martin van Buren Bates.
The total height of the spouses was 484 centimeters: the wife's height was 243 centimeters, and the husband's height was 241 centimeters.
Anna and Martin were circus performers. They met while on tour and performed together for a while, posing as husband and wife.
In 1871 they became spouses in real life.
