Tallest Athletes in World Sport

Rank	Athlete	Sport	Nation	Honours	Height
601	Ruth ChepngetichMarathon · Marathon running	Marathon	Kenya	World Championshipsx5	1.65 m / 5 ft 5 in
602	Valentina ShevchenkoUFC · Flyweight	UFC	Kyrgyzstan	UFC Women's Flyweight Championx4	1.65 m / 5 ft 5 in
603	Dina Asher-SmithAthletics · Sprint	Athletics	England	World Championshipsx5	1.64 m / 5 ft 5 in
604	Frankie DettoriHorse Racing	Horse Racing	Italy	Honorary MBEx4	1.63 m / 5 ft 4 in
605	Jasmine PaoliniTennis · Singles/Doubles	Tennis	Italy	French Open Doubles Championx5	1.63 m / 5 ft 4 in
606	Mike SmithHorse Racing	Horse Racing			1.63 m / 5 ft 4 in
607	Kohei UchimuraGymnastics · Men's artistic gymnastics	Gymnastics	Japan	Olympic Gamesx4	1.62 m / 5 ft 4 in
608	Chloe KimWinter Sports · Halfpipe	Winter Sports	United States	Olympic Gold Medalsx6	1.60 m / 5 ft 3 in
609	Irad Ortiz JrHorse Racing · Jockey	Horse Racing	Puerto Rico	Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockeyx3	1.60 m / 5 ft 3 in
610	Lara Gut-BehramiWinter Sports · Downhill, Super-G, Giant Slalom	Winter Sports	Switzerland	Olympic Gamesx5	1.60 m / 5 ft 3 in
611	Liv MorganWrestling · Wrestler	Wrestling	United States	WWE Women's World Championx5	1.60 m / 5 ft 3 in
612	Tyler ReddickNASCAR · Driver	NASCAR	United States	NASCAR Xfinity Series Championx3	1.60 m / 5 ft 3 in
613	Yuki TsunodaF1 · Driver	F1	Japan	F4 Japanese Championshipx3	1.60 m / 5 ft 3 in
614	Aly RaismanGymnastics	Gymnastics	United States	Olympic Gold Medalsx6	1.57 m / 5 ft 2 in
615	Danica PatrickNASCAR	NASCAR	United States	2005 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Yearx1	1.57 m / 5 ft 2 in
616	Faith KipyegonAthletics · Middle and long-distance runner	Athletics	Kenya	Olympic Gold Medalsx4	1.57 m / 5 ft 2 in
617	Flavien PratHorse Racing · Jockey	Horse Racing	France	French Champion Apprentice Jockeyx5	1.55 m / 5 ft 1 in
618	Laurie HernandezGymnastics · Women's artistic gymnastics	Gymnastics	United States	Olympic Gold Medalx5	1.55 m / 5 ft 1 in
619	Sha'Carri RichardsonAthletics · Sprinter	Athletics	United States	World Championx5	1.55 m / 5 ft 1 in
620	Brigid KosgeiMarathon · Marathon, Long-distance running	Marathon	Kenya	World Recordx5	1.52 m / 5 ft 0 in
621	Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceAthletics · Sprinter	Athletics	Jamaica	Olympic Gamesx8	1.52 m / 5 ft 0 in
622	Rebeca AndradeGymnastics · Women's artistic gymnastics	Gymnastics	Brazil	Olympic Gold Medalx9	1.51 m / 4 ft 11 in
623	Olga KorbutGymnastics · Women's artistic gymnastics	Gymnastics	Russia	Olympic Gold Medalsx5	1.50 m / 4 ft 11 in
624	Mary Lou RettonGymnastics · Women's Artistic Gymnastics	Gymnastics	United States	Olympic Gold Medalx5	1.45 m / 4 ft 9 in

Methodology: compiled from each athlete's documented honours, records and public estimates on their AthleteWiki profile. All 624 eligible athletes ranked. Updated 2026-07-14.